Hayden Hackney drops major Middlesbrough exit hint!

It felt inevitable, didn’t it?

Hayden Hackney’s future was always going to be a big talking point this summer and it hasn’t taken long for the Redcar lad to start making headlines.

Just days after England under-21s’ Euros glory, reports emerged in The Sun suggesting that Crystal Palace are plotting a £27m double deal for Hackney and Rav van den Berg.

Meanwhile EFL Analysis are claiming that Hackney is set to change agents - the clearest indication yet that the 23-year-old is looking to earn a move.

So what does it mean for Middlesbrough and Hackney himself? I try to make sense of it all.