Sean St Ledger: “I want to be playing in the top division and I think I have joined a club that expects to be up there quickly.
“Everybody in the changing room, everyone on the staff, in fact, everyone I’ve met at the club wants promotion. That ambition matches my own.
“You can see this is a Premier League club. Everything about Boro is top class: the stadium, the training ground, the quality in the squad is very impressive... along with Newcastle, Boro are the biggest team in this division by far.
“And the support! Wow. I never realised it was as big as that. It was incredible.
“When you think about all that and then see the way they played against Wednesday it justifies my decision.
“I can be part of something special here and for me that is really exciting.”