{"id":272535,"date":"2025-07-18T16:59:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T16:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/272535\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T16:59:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T16:59:15","slug":"middlesbrough-hold-talks-with-michael-smith-after-sheffield-wednesday-exit-multiple-clubs-interested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/272535\/","title":{"rendered":"Middlesbrough hold talks with Michael Smith after Sheffield Wednesday exit, multiple clubs interested"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>EFL Analysis has learned that Middlesbrough have held talks with Michael Smith amid the striker leaving Sheffield Wednesday this week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eflanalysis.com\/news\/boost-for-sheffield-wednesday-as-embargo-removed-by-the-efl-but-two-problems-remain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield Wednesday are struggling financially<\/a> and have been placed under three separate embargoes in the last few months, one of which has been lifted.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the chaos, which, as <strong>EFL Analysis<\/strong> previously revealed, is expected to include <a href=\"https:\/\/eflanalysis.com\/news\/danny-rohls-time-at-sheffield-wednesday-set-to-end-as-position-becomes-untenable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danny Rohl leaving<\/a>, several key Owls stars have departed.<\/p>\n<p>Among those is Michael Smith, who, along with Josh Windass, had his <a href=\"https:\/\/eflanalysis.com\/news\/fear-even-more-players-could-leave-sheffield-wednesday-after-windass-and-smith-expressed-free-for-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield Wednesday contract terminated<\/a> on July 17.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old will be available as a free agent, and we understand <a href=\"https:\/\/eflanalysis.com\/tag\/middlesbrough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middlesbrough<\/a> are among the clubs keen.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2186595824-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Smith during Sheffield Wednesday FC v Cardiff City FC - Sky Bet Championship\" \/>Photo by George Wood\/Getty ImagesMiddlesbrough hold talks with Michael Smith<\/p>\n<p>As per our chief transfer correspondent, Graeme Bailey, <strong>EFL Analysis<\/strong> understands Middlesbrough have held talks with Smith.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old has interest from around the EFL and has been linked with the likes of Wrexham, Rotherham, Stockport, MK Dons, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Smith made 41 Championship appearances for Sheffield Wednesday last season.<\/p>\n<p>He finished as their top-scoring striker with eight goals and four assists with eight goals and four assists. The Englishman has featured a total of 161 times in the second tier, scoring 30 and assisting 11.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Conway was Middlesbrough\u2019s top goalscorer in the Championship in 2024\/25 with 13.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2166347636-1024x663.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Smith after Sheffield Wednesday FC v Plymouth Argyle FC - Sky Bet Championship\" class=\"wp-image-40400\" \/>Photo by Cameron Smith\/Getty ImagesMiddlesbrough in talks for three more signings<\/p>\n<p>As well as Smith, the Teesiders have been in talks for several more players recently.<\/p>\n<p>We understand that Boro have been speaking with Danny Ings, Callum Britain and Alfie Jones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eflanalysis.com\/news\/where-danny-ings-was-hoping-to-play-next-season-before-middlesbrough-advanced-talks-underway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ings hoped for a Premier League move<\/a> following his West Ham United exit, while the striker also has suitors from the MLS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EFL Analysis<\/strong> revealed earlier this week that <a href=\"https:\/\/eflanalysis.com\/transfers\/blackburn-rovers-set-callum-brittain-price-tag-middlesbrough-are-not-a-million-miles-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middlesbrough offered \u00a31.75m for Britain<\/a>, with Blackburn Rovers rejecting the deal as they believe he is worth \u00a33m.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EFL Analysis has learned that Middlesbrough have held talks with Michael Smith amid the striker leaving Sheffield Wednesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,2923,1620,21069,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-272535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-middlesbrough","12":"tag-sheffield","13":"tag-sheffield-wednesday","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114875306171559470","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}