League One

One-trick pony? Yes, but he scores

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The LeaguePaper Team
20 October 2019

By Chris Dunlavy
PLAYER PROFILE BRITT ASSOMBALONGA MIDDLESBROUGH STRIKER

GOAL THREAT: Boro’s Britt Assombalonga on the attack against Bristol City
PICTURE: PSI/Graham Hunt

FEW players polarise Middlesbrough supporters quite like Britt Assombalonga, the club’s £14m record signing.
To his detractors, the forward is a one-trick pony whose all-round game has failed to justify wages of £40,000 a week.
To his proponents, he’s a top-class goal-poacher misused by a succession of managers who have not played to his strengths.
Of no contention whatsoever is the fact t...

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