Boro manager Gareth Southgate said both
parties - the club and player - are "keen"
on completing the move.
It is thought that Sunderland offered a higher sum
to Tottenham Hotspur through installments, but that
the Egyptian himself chose to sign for Middlesbrough.
The club hope to seal the deal with Spurs this week,
with Birmingham City seemingly out of the fight to land
Hossam.
Boro lost their first game of the season to Blackburn
Rovers but showed some decent attacking potential through
their new Turkish signing Tuncay Sanli and Nigerian
Yakubu Ayegbini.
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