Boro Set To Seal Loan Move For Chelsea Defender..

Boro are set to finalise a loan move for promising Chelsea defender Tomas Kalas in the next few days, The Gazette understands.

The highly-rated 21-year-old, who can play at right-back or centre-back, spent the first half of the season on loan at Bundesliga club FC Koln.

But Jose Mourinho has terminated the loan deal and looks set to send another of his Blues stars to the Riverside - an agreement that has already benefited the development of Patrick Bamford and Kenneth Omeruo.

Strapping Kalas has already played 17 times for Czech U21 side and once for the seniors. He was thrust into the national spotlight at the end of last season when he started and impressed during Chelsea’s victory against Liverpool at Anfield.

Premier League side QPR have also declared their interest, but Mourinho and the Blues hierarchy are understood to be impressed with the Chelsea-Boro link which yesterday saw striker Bamford extend his stay on Teesside until the end of the season.