Middlesbrough chief Lamb: Downing will not leave

Middlesbrough chief Keith Lamb has again declared Stewart Downing will not be joining Tottenham this month.

His comments came amid speculation, earlier denied by the Teessiders, they had rejected a third offer amounting to £14.5million for Downing.

Lamb said: "We again reiterate that no senior players will be leaving this football club during January. That is the end of the matter.

"Any ongoing media speculation is therefore meaningless, and we will not continue to respond to it."