Stoke City defender Andrew Davies is expected to be offloaded to Middlesbrough in January.
The Sentinel says Davies is training with former club Middlesbrough, fuelling speculation about a free-transfer move in the January window.
Davies has started only one game for Stoke since signing from Southampton for £1.2m in August 2008.
He signed a four-year contract with City, but has been loaned out to Preston, Sheffield United and Walsall over the last two years.
