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Nigel Pearson favourite to replace Aitor Karanka at Middlesbrough as Premier League strugglers make shock move for Guus Hiddink

Daily Mail | March 16, 2017

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Nigel Pearson is the front-runner to become next Middlesbrough manager - but the relegation-threatened club have made a shock move for Guus Hiddink.

The Riverside club sacked beleaguered Aitor Karanka on Thursday following a sorry run of results that has seen them drop into the relegation zone.

A return to Boro for Pearson looked the most likely outcome on Thursday night as the chairman Steve Gibson accelerated the process of finding Karanka's replacement - a process that in reality started over a fortnight ago.

Nigel Pearson, most recently of Derby County, is the current frontrunner to take over at Boro
Nigel Pearson, most recently of Derby County, is the current frontrunner to take over at Boro
Guus Hiddink has also been contacted over an unlikely return to the Premier League
Guus Hiddink has also been contacted over an unlikely return to the Premier League
Aitor Karanka was sacked as Middlesbrough manager with club languishing in bottom three
Aitor Karanka was sacked as Middlesbrough manager with club languishing in bottom three

But Sportsmail understands Boro chiefs have sounded out former Chelsea manager Hiddink about a potential return to English football until the end of the season.

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