Middlesbrough suspect Southampton analyst of spying on training in runup to playoffs

• Individual seen in bushes was confronted on Thursday

• Echoes of Marcelo Bielsa’s 2019 ‘spygate’ affair

Middlesbrough believe they caught a Southampton analyst hiding in the bushes and allegedly recording their training session on Thursday morning, in a remarkable repeat of the 2019 Marcelo Bielsa “spygate” affair.

Boro are understood to have reported the incident to the English Football League given spying on opposition training is in breach of their regulations.