Gareth Southgate's hopes of swapping Mido for Newcastle United's Alan Smith
appeared to be receding last night as Middlesbrough's Egypt striker reacted
furiously to the mooted exchange deal.
Mido has twice suffered Islamophobic abuse when playing for Boro against
Newcastle and made his reluctance about joining Joe Kinnear's side plain to
Southgate yesterday. The 25-year-old is also outraged that Boro's manager
conducted negotiations with Newcastle behind his back.
"I'm very angry that no one informed me of ongoing talks before today and I
made sure Gareth Southgate knows how I feel," said Mido, speaking to an
Egyptian website. "I was told that Newcastle made an offer to buy me and
that Middlesbrough asked for Alan Smith as part of the deal taking me to St
James' Park."
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