Afonso Alves quits Boro for Qatar

• limpper

  5 Sep 09, 16:55

  Afonso Alves quits Boro for Qatar

  

  
  

  Brazil striker Afonso Alves, Middlesbrough's 12 million pounds record signing last year, is leaving for Qatari club Al-Sadd.

  Al-Sadd said on their website Alves had signed a three-year contract. The fee was undisclosed.

  The 28-year-old joined Boro in January 2008 from Dutch club Heerenveen and started brightly with six goals in his first 11 games before the end of his first Premier League season.

  However, he only scored four times in 31 league matches last term as Middlesbrough were relegated.

  He is the fourth international to leave the north-east club in recent weeks following the departures of England's Stewart Downing, Turkey's Tuncay Sanli and Germany's Robert Huth.

  Boro's website said the Alves deal was complete apart from the receipt of the official paperwork.

• Shao Wei

  5 Sep 09, 20:52

  WADDDD his quite good leh!

• Pitot

  5 Sep 09, 21:02

  why home united nvr make an offer for him

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  6 Sep 09, 15:44

  Lolx y go Qatar
  
  should have go Japan or Korean League

• monoslayer

  6 Sep 09, 15:50

  flop.

• dinky1409

  6 Sep 09, 16:22

  Originally posted by Pitot:

  why home united nvr make an offer for him

  who sponsor? temasek ah?

• omgukilledkenny

  7 Sep 09, 16:37

  Yep another Brazilian flop in the Epl.

• AEW5001

  7 Sep 09, 16:40

  he will be forgotten..