Burnley defender Ben Gibson is training with former club Middlesbrough today.

The Daily Mail says Gibson was set to begin training at Middlesbrough on Wednesday – even though he is still under contract at Burnley until 2022.

Relations between the defender, who was signed for £15million from Boro in 2018, and Burnley are thought to have become so strained that he is being allowed to work with his home-town club from this week. Boro have confirmed Gibson is to be with them on Wednesday.

The exact nature – and length – of the agreement that will allow Gibson to take this step is unclear, but he will be at Boro's Rockliffe, County Durham base this week.

The 27-year-old - believed to earn about £40,000 a week - was then left frustrated when a proposed loan move to Watford in the closing days of the January transfer window fell through.