That seems to be the case, and not exactly good for Bent, but the player isn’t ruling out extending his Boro stay into 2010.
The 31-year-old striker signed a two-month short-term contract on Friday and is scheduled to return to Birmingham City on December 28.
Bent (talking to the Gazette): “It depends on how I do. I’m not sure, at this stage, I just know I’ve got two months and at the moment I’m here until the end of December.
“Hopefully I can settle in quickly and help the team and we can move up the table.
“We want to finish first or second. I want to achieve things, I want to get promoted, I want to play in the Premier League. This is a massive club with lots of quality players.”