Kieran Scott’s three years at Middlesbrough – lessons learned, progress made and future hope

It’s three years this summer since Kieran Scott first took on the role of head of football at Middlesbrough.

Though work began from day one in the summer of 2021 to revamp and revitalise the way Boro worked as far as their football operations are concerned – which crucially included but was not limited to recruitment – he famously claimed at the unveiling of Michael Carrick in October 2022 that he felt he could really start his work now

That he arrived while traditionalist Neil Warnock was in charge and then had to negotiate a tricky period in which Chris Wilder was at the helm, the sentiment of those words at the new head coach’s unveiling was centred around finding a head coach who was willing to work within the new strategy that Scott was trying to implement.