Garry Monk turned interviewer when asked if match-winner Rudy Gestede has a future at Middlesbrough.
'What do you think?' he returned, to which the reporter nodded. 'I agree with you,' said Monk. 'You saw quite clearly if he has a future here.
'I don't discount anyone in my squad right now. If others want to do that, then so be it.' It had been thought that Gestede would quit Teesside after an unhappy eight-month spell which, before his headed winner against Sheffield United, had brought just one goal.
Boro have spent £30million on new strikers alone this summer, but their £6m January addition could yet prove central to Monk's plans.