Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate isn't prepared to sell any of his players this summer.

He said: "There are a couple of players who were frustrated at a lack of first-team opportunities last year, but I think they will all want to come back in pre-season and see what the situation is. Obviously, if we bring players in, that might impact on their opportunities again, but we have to try to evolve the squad, we have to try to continue to progress.

"Some of those younger players will come back stronger and better after the summer period. We haven't had offers for any of our players. The only interest we have had is in taking a couple of players who we have had loan enquiries for.

"But I am not prepared to make those decisions yet because any one of our players could be in the first-team at the moment."

Southgate continued: "Everybody that is here is contracted to us. If players stay or go is ultimately our decision and we have got to make the right decisions for the club. That's the same as players coming in and players when they leave. Two years into the job, I am very relaxed about the speed at which things happen over the close-season period.

"You cannot force issues. Clubs will sell when they are ready to sell and players will move when they are ready to move. For any of our players to move on, clubs have to come in and attempt to buy them and as I have said, we haven't had offers from any of our players other than enquiries about taking them on loan."