Patrick Bamford could be the perfect tonic for a stalling Middlesbrough side who are muddling through the middle of their first Premier League season in seven years.
The 23-year-old striker enjoyed halcyon days with the Teessiders back in 2014-15, scoring an impressive 17 league goals. His winning combination of creativity and goal-scoring helped to propel the club to the Championship playoff final (a 2-0 loss to Norwich) in head coach Aitor Karanka's first full term.
But he has done little since and his star faded somewhat upon the end of his loan spell on Teesside. After his summer return to Chelsea, Bamford was immediately farmed out to both Crystal Palace and Norwich City on loan, where he notched up just four appearances across the whole season.