Shay Given hasn't played much football over the last eighteen months or so since Brad Guzan ousted him as Aston Villa's first-choice keeper.
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So this evening's announcement that he has made an emergency loan move to Middlesbrough should be some welcome news for him.
BORO have this evening taken international goalkeeper Shay Given on loan for a month. The 37-year-old Irishman is in the squad for Saturday.
— Middlesbrough FC (@Boro) November 28, 2013
Boro play Bolton this weekend and as Jason Steele, the man who usually stands between the posts for the side was sent off last weekend and is serving a three match ban, it is expected that Given will start.
