New Middlesbrough boss Jonathan Woodgate has set out his expectations after taking the job.

Chairman Steve Gibson unveiled the former England defender as Boro's new head coach on Friday — a man on a mission to nurture their crop of talented kids and “get in the mix" for ­promotion from the Championship next season.

He thought back to his Leeds days, when he chased the title and the ­Champions League as a ­teenager in a team David O'Leary called “my ­babies".

Woodgate said: “O'Leary was in exactly the same position as I am now. A 40-year-old, he put young players in, and what did we do, sink or swim? We swam. That's what'll happen at this club. I will 100% put a young player in, if he is better than the senior player, it's as simple as that."

But what kind of manager will he be?

“I will be a man-manager," the former Newcastle United defender said. “I was with Bobby Robson at Newcastle... man-­management, every day. Terry Venables, man-manager. Harry Redknapp, man-manager. And if you look at the teams I've played in, they've all been quite attacking. That's what fans want. A team to have a go and score goals."