WE make Vitesse Arnhem right back Paul Verhaegh the 90th player to be linked with Boro this summer.

Last summer our Linked List reached 95 players who various sections of the media reported were being tracked by Boro.

Here's the latest list of summer 2008.

Here's the list so far, with last year's final list below...

1. Marcus Senna (Villarreal) £7m - News of the World
2. Steve Sidwell (Chelsea) £5m - Mail on Sunday
3. Giles Barnes (Derby) £3m - News of the World
4. Steven Davis (Fulham) £4m - News of the World
5. Roland Linz (Sporting Braga) £1.5m - Sunday People
6. Fernando Menegazzo (Bordeaux)  £5m - Sunday Sun
7. James Beattie (Sheffield United) £8m - Daily Star
8. Gregory Coupet (Lyon) - Sunday Sun
9. Nicky Maynard (Crewe) £1m - Internet reports
10. Seyi George Olofinjana (Wolves) - Internet reports
11. Zoltan Gera (West Brom) Free - Sky Sports
12. Zvejezdan Misimovic (Nurnberg) - Internet reports
13. Michael Mancienne (Chelsea) £1m - Internet reports
14. Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton) Free - Internet reports
15. Carlton Cole (West Ham) £2m - Sunderland Echo
16. Mark Bunn (Northampton) - Internet reports
17. Addeslam Ouadou (Valenciennes) - Sky Sports
18. Tom Huddlestone (Spurs) - Mirror
19. James Ashdown (Portsmouth) - Internet reports 
20. James McFadden (Birmingham) - Daily Mail
21. Shola Ameobi (Newcastle) - Daily Mail
22. Alan Smith (Newcastle) - The Journal
23. Roger Johnson (Cardiff) £1.2m - Mirror 
24. Jay DeMerit (Watford) - Sunday People
25. Tyrone Mears (Derby) £500,000 rising to £1m - News of the World
26. Michael Bradley (Heerenveen) - Internet reports
27. Paul Robinson (Spurs) - Daily Mail
28. Matias Delgado (Besiktas) £5m - News of the World
29. Stephen Quinn (Sheffield United) - News of the World Ireland
30. Simon Vukcevic (Sporting Lisbon) - Daily Express
31. Owain Fon Williams (Crewe) - Sky Sports
32. James Milner (Newcastle) - Various
33: Toto Tamuz (Beitar Jerusalem) Internet reports
34: Madjid Bougherra (Charlton Athletic) - Internet reports
35. Brian Howard (Barnsley) £10m - Daily Star
36. Wayne Hennessey (Wolves) - Wolverhampton Express and Star
37. Anthony Annan (Stabaek) - Evening Gazette
38: James Harper (Reading) - Internet report
39: Bakary Kone (Nice) - Sunday People
40: Ze Castro (Atletico Madrid) - Internet reports and Sunday Sun
41: Edu (Valencia) - Sunday Mirror
42: Andrew Johnson (Everton) £8m - Internet report
43: Louis Saha (Manchester United) £4m - Sunday People
44: Franck Queudrue (Birmingham City) Free - Internet report
45. Maniche (Atletico Madrid) - Internet report
46. Ricardo (Real Betis) - Internet report
47. Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege) - Internet report
48. Brahim Hemdani (Rangers) £1m - Internet report
49. Ben Watson (Crystal Palace) - The Times
50. Marlon Harewood (Aston Villa) - The Star
51. Ibrahima Sonko (Reading) - Internet Reports
52. Ferrie Bodde (Swansea) £2m - Sky Sports
53. Adam Boyes (York City) - Internet reports 
54. Zheng Zhi (Charlton Athletic) £4m - Internet report
55. Sean Davis (Portsmouth) - Various
56. Michael Kightly (Wolves) £4m - The Journal
57. Thiago Neves (Fluminese) - Internet report
58. Alex (Fenerbahce) - Internet report
59. Hosni Abd-Rabou (Al-Ismaily)- Internet report
60. Pablo Aimar (Real Zaragoza) £6.5-£7m - Internet report
61. Maurice Edu (Toronto) - Internet report
62. Didier Digard (PSG) £4.5m - Sunday Sun
63. Orlando Engelaar (Twente) £2.5m - Telegraph
64. Liam Ridgewell (Birmingham City) £2m - People
65. Sebastian Larsson (Birmingham) - Internet report
66. Arda Turan (Galatasaray) £13m - Internet report
67. Aron Einar Gunnarson (AZ Alkmaar) - Internet reports
68. Jimmy Bullard (Fulham) - Daily Mail
69. Geovanni (Manchester City) - The Times
70. Marvin Elliot (Bristol City) - Evening Post
71. Peter Luccin (Real Zaragoza) Free - Internet report
72. Danijel Pranjic (Heerenveen) £5m - Internet report 
73. Scott Carson (Liverpool) - Internet Reports
74. Marvin Emnes (Sparta Rotterdam) - Sunday Sun
75. Younes Kaboul (Spurs) - Internet Reports
76. Daniel Jones (Spurs) - Internet reports
77. Eduardo Gaspar (Valencia) - Internet reports
78. David Di Michele (Torino) - Internet reports
79. Achille Emana (Toulouse) - The Times
80. Vladimir Bystrov (Spartak Moscow) - Sky
81. Mauro Zarate (Al Sadd) - Setanta Sports
82. Alexandre Pato (AC Milan) - Internet reports
83. Arouna Kone (Seville) - Spanish press
84. Justin Hoyte (Arsenal) £3m - Various
85. Bradley Orr (Bristol City) - Evening Gazette
86. Moritz Volz (Fulham) £2m - Internet reports
87. Kris Boyd (Rangers) - Internet reports
88. Nenad Kovacevic (Lens) £5m - News of the World  
89. David Dunn (Blackburn Rovers) - Star on Sunday
90. Paul Verhaegh (Vitesse Arnhem) - Sunday Mirror
91. Hedwiges Maduro (Valencia) - Internet reports

If you've seen any players linked with Boro who we've missed, please email editor@riverside.mfc.co.uk with all the details.

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The Linked List 2007

1. Diomansy Kamara - News Of The World
2. Steve Sidwell (Reading) - Guardian
3. Nicky Shorey (Reading) - Sunday Sun
4. Zoltan Gera (West Brom) - Daily Mirror
5. Jloyd Samuel (Aston Villa) - Northern Echo
6. Vladimir Bystrov (Spartak Moscow) - Internet
7. Scott Brown (Hibs, now Celtic) - Daily Record
8. Steven Whittaker - (Hibs) - Daily Record
9. David Murphy - (Hibs) - Daily Record
10. Stephen Appiah (Fenerbahce) - News of the World
11. Michael Chopra (Cardiff City) - Internet
12. Sean Davis (Portsmouth) - Daily Mirror
13. Luke Varney (Crewe) - Daily Star 
14. Lee Hendrie (Aston Villa) - Daily Star Sunday
15. Jose Bosingwa (Porto) - Daily Star Sunday
16. Cristian Pulhac (Dinamo Bucharest) - Sunday Sun
17. Phillipp Degen (Borussia Dortmund) - Northern Echo
18. David Degen (Borussia Moenchengladbach) - Northern Echo
19. Mohamed Kallon (Monaco) - The Sun
20. Russell Anderson (Aberdeen) - The Sun
21. Igor Tudor (Juventus) - (Internet sites)
22. David Healy (Leeds) - Daily Mail
23. Rolando Bianchi (Reggiana) - Sunday Times 
24. Jeremie Aliadiere (Arsenal) - Sunday Times
25. Steve Howard (Derby County) - Daily Star
26. Joey Barton (Manchester City) - Daily Mirror
27: Michael Brown (Fulham) - Daily Mirror
28. Gary O'Neil (Portsmouth) - Sunday Mirror
29. David Hellbuyck (Paris St Germain) - Internet reports
30. Darren Purse (Cardiff City) - Internet reports
31: Ian Harte (Levante) - Internet reports
32. Chris Porter (Oldham Athletic) - Internet reports
33. Mauro Camoranesi - (Juventus) - Daily Mail
34. Mustapha Riga (Levante) - Evening Gazette
35. Cristian Riveros(Libertad) - Internet reports
36. Luke Moore (Aston Villa) - Birmingham Mail
37. Marcelo (Corinthians) - The Times
38. Paul McShane (West Brom) - Evening Gazette
39. Asamoah Gyan (Udinese) - Daily Mirror
40. Jermaine Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur) - Sunday Mirror
41. Wagner Love (CSKA Moscow) - The Sun
42. Marlon Harewood (West Ham) - London Evening Standard
43. Nigel Reo-Coker (West Ham) - London Evening Standard
44. Rowan Fernandez (Kaiser Chiefs) - Sky Sports
45. Geremi (Chelsea) - Sky Sports 
46. Kerlon (Cruzeiros) - Sporting Life
47. Cristiano Lucarelli (Livorno) - Sky Sports
48. Bolo Zenden (Liverpool) - Algemeen Dagblad, Rotterdam
49. Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege) - Website report
50. Alan Smith (Manchester United) - Sky Sports
51. Collins John (Fulham) - Daily Mirror 
52. Phil Jagielka (Sheffield United) - Yorkshire Post
53. Luke Young (Charlton) - Guardian
54. Tuncay Sanli (Fenerbahce) - Sky Sports
55. Romeo Castelen (Feyenoord) - Evening Gazette
56. Gretar Steinsson (AZ Alkmaar) - Sky Sports 
57. Izale McLeod (MK Dons) - Internet reports
58: Bobby Zamora (West Ham) - Northern Echo
59: Julien Faubert (Bordeaux) - Internet reports
60: James Beattie (Everton) - Northern Echo
61: Andy van der Meyde (Everton) - Northern Echo
62. Javier Saviola (Barcelona) - People
63. Kevin Nolan (Bolton)  - People
64. Kyle Lafferty (Burnley) - Mirror
65. Djibril Cisse (Liverpool) - News of the World
66. Steven Davis (Aston Villa) - News of the World
67. Liam Rosenior (Fulham) - Observer
68. Jonathan Greening (West Brom) - People 
69. Andranik Teymourian (Bolton) - Evening Gazette
70. David Nugent (Preston) - Match Magazine  
71. Daniel De Ridder (Celta Vigo) - Internet reports
72. Peter Crouch  (Liverpool) - Evening Gazette
73. Thiago Motta (Barcelona) -Mirror
74. Chris Gunter (Cardiff City) - People  
75. Rob Hulse (Sheffield United) - People
76. Mido (Spurs) - People
77. Simon Whaley (Preston) - Sun
78. Dusan Svento (Slavia Prague) - Mail
79. Mohamed Shawky (Al-Ahly) - African reports
80. Emab Motaeb (Al-Ahly) - African reports
81. Luigi Pieroni (Nantes) - Mirror
82. Dusan Svento (Slavia Prague) - Mail
83. Christian Wilhelmsson (Nates) - Star
84. Danny Szetela (Columbus Crew) BBC
85. Milan Baros (Lyon) - Websites
86. Dejan Stefanovic (Portsmouth) People
87. Fred (Lyon) - Star
88. Thomas Gravesen (Celtic) - News of the World
89. Arouna Kone (PSV) - Websites
90. Jefferson Farfan (PSV) - Websites
91. Afonso Alves ( Heerenveen) - Telegraph
92. Adriano (Inter Milan) - Mail
93. Kevin Nolan (Bolton) - Times
94. Giorgios Samaras (Manchester City) - Mirror 
95. Alessandro Pistone (Free agent) - Northern Echo 

Here's our Linked List from summer 2006