French club Nice are looking to sign Middlesbrough midfielder Didier Digard to boost their squad.
The Frenchman has been hit with injuries ever since joining Boro in the summer last season and new manager Gordon Strachan does not seem to rate the 23-year-old.
Initially the Cote D'Azur team are looking to take the midfielder on loan but with an option to buy.
Nice Coach Didier Olle-Nicolle has targeted a central defender and a midfielder.
The manager is also hoping to acquire San Lorenzo's Renato Civelli.
"We must recruit two players, a central defender and a midfielder and we are working on that now," the club's director general Patrick Governatori told Nice-Matin.
"Two of those are Didier Digard and Renato Civelli, there are others too, but we hope to do these shortly.
"This could be done this week. Digard is expensive, but it could be done and we are discussing it.
"No matter what happens, I think they would be two loans with an option to purchase."
While Digard's appearances for Boro have been few and far between, when he has played he has often looked a class above the majority of his team mates.
Added to his potential is his relative youth, as he is still only twenty-three. I hope that if Didier does join Nice on loan, he makes his way back to Boro next season.
I appreciate Strachan's need to offload 'dead wood' but despite his injuries I do not think Digard falls into that category.
First published on www.ComeOnBoro.com on 6-1-10
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