Chris Wilder explains exactly why he was so keen to bring Ryan Giles to Middlesbrough

Chris Wilder hopes Ryan Giles brings much-needed balance to Middlesbrough's team by adding more attacking impetus to the left-hand side. The young wide man has joined Boro on loan from Wolves for the upcoming season, with the Boro boss describing it as an exciting signing.

Giles' move to Boro comes off the back of an impressive season during separate loan spells at Cardiff City and Blackburn Rovers where he made a total of 31 appearances, assisting ten goals. At just 22-year-old, he arrives having already played over 100 EFL games too.

Last term Boro saw Isaiah Jones enjoy an incredible breakthrough to the first team, establishing himself at right wing-back after Wilder's arrival as manager. His attacking impetus made him Boro's biggest threat far more often than not. But with Boro lacking the same attacking quality on the opposite flank, some sides were able to limit Boro by simply removing Jones' effectiveness in a game.

As such, when assessing his squad at the end of last season, signing a new attack-minded left-wing back became a priority for the Boro boss, and when he realised that Giles was available for loan again and keen on the move to Teesside, he moved swiftly to wrap up the deal.

Wilder said of Giles: “Ryan is a really bright young player that’s had plenty of experience in the Championship and I think brings the qualities that we want on that left-hand side. We’ve undoubtedly got that on the right-hand side with Jonah, and we needed that matching up on the left-hand side.

“We all understand what Izzy did in a short period of time and hopefully he will continue that form, and I’m sure he will. I think what we wanted to do was make sure that we had the same attacking threat on the left-hand side, and I believe