“Justified” – Middlesbrough valuation of key player revealed as Nottingham Forest and Everon circle: The verdict

This article is part of Football League World’s ‘The Verdict‘ series, which provides personal opinions from the FLW writers regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more…

Any Premier League club wanting to sign Middlesbrough’s Marcus Tavernier will have to fork out an eight-figure sum this summer.

That was revealed yesterday via our FLW exclusive, which reported Boro will ask for at least £10 million for the 23-year-old.

The Championship club are reported to be braced to lose the midfielder this summer given the growing interest from a number of Premier League clubs, including Everton, Nottingham Forest and Leicester, among others.

With the above in mind, we asked three of our writers here at FLW if Tavernier was worth the fee Boro are commanding this summer, and whether or not they thought any of the Premier League clubs linked will pay it.

I certainly think it is justified that Middlesbrough are demanding an eight-figure fee for Marcus Tavernier but whether clubs are willing to pay it remains to be seen.

Given his importance in the team, and the ceiling attached to him, Tavernier is someone that Boro will not want to lose this summer, especially when considering that they will be hoping to challenge for automatic promotion.

That will naturally mean that Boro will demand a figure that is perhaps higher than their actual valuation.

I think there will continue to be Premier League interest even after this price tag revelation but these top-tier clubs will want to meet somewhere in the middle.

At 23, it has to be said that he’s not the finished product just yet and could get even better.

However, they may not be prepared to pay £10m considering Lewis O’Brien is also available for