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Middlesbrough are beefing up security ahead of a potentially volatile atmosphere when they host Derby County at the weekend.

The two sides are embroiled in an off-field matter with Boro chairman Steve Gibson launching a compensation claim of more than £40million against the Rams.

Saturday sees the two sides meet at the Riverside Stadium and the Telegraph report that a number of measures have been implemented in a bid to minimise the threat of matters escalating.

Derby sold out their allocation of more than 2,000 tickets and Gibson is likely to receive a hostile reception from the away end.

The report claims that Boro have employed a heavy police presence in and outside the stadium.

Additionally, all seats behind the director's box, where Gibson will be sat, have only been made available to home supporters with a history of previously booking tickets.

The feud between Boro and Derby is a long-running one, with Gibson launching legal action back in May 2019 after Derby beat them to the final play-off spot in the Championship that season.

This year, Gibson wrote a lengthy open letter to Derby's administrators Quantuma in which he stated he "does not want to see Derby County cease to exist".