Friday 15 July 2016 18:52, UK
Middlesbrough have completed the signing of defender Antonio Barragan from Valencia, the newly promoted Premier League club have announced.
After completing his medical at the Teessiders' Rickliffe training ground, the 29-year-old signed a three-year contract at the Riverside Stadium.
Barragan, who spent time with Liverpool as a teenager, is an experienced addition to Aitor Karanka's squad having made over 100 appearances for Valencia following spells in Spain with Deportivo La Coruna and Valladolid.
"I am really pleased he has signed," Karanka told Boro's official website. "He is a player we know a lot about and he is a good addition to the squad.
"He is a good lad, and he has played a lot of games for Valencia. He knows this country as well because he was at Liverpool as a young player.
"He is a good signing for us."
Barragan is Boro's sixth summer signing following the arrivals of Viktor Fischer, Bernardo Espinosa, Marten de Roon, Victor Valdes and Jordan McGhee.
