Real Madrid's Flavio in Middlesbrough today

Middlesbrough are expected to close a deal for Real Madrid midfielder Flavio today.

The Brazilian international has agreed terms on a one-year, £1.5 million contract which will see him play on-loan at the Riverside this season.

"I am happy to be coming to England and the Premiership," he told the News of the World.

Flavio will undergo his medical and sign terms today.