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Former Barcelona keeper Victor Valdes sparked a flurry of social media excitement on Twitter when he followed the official Boro account on Tuesday night.

Player follows club might seem slightly trivial at first glance but considering the 34-year-old Spaniard only follows three other clubs - Barcelona, Manchester United and Standard Liege, the three sides he's played for in his distinguished career - the social media response was exactly what you'd expect.

I mean, who wouldn't get excited at the thought of Boro signing a player who's won EVERYTHING there is to win in the game. Or just about.

And Guillem Balague did nothing to stem the tide of excitement this morning.

Boro were linked with Valdes earlier in the summer but the speculation was thought to be, well, exactly that. Nothing but a bit of transfer tittle-tattle.

After all, Boro have been linked with a whole host of goalkeepers so far this summer.

The fact Valdes only follows 53 accounts on Twitter only added to the excitement. As for his followers, just the 4.42m - and you'd be right in saying a fair few of those are Boro fans now.

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Now we're just wondering why he hasn't got round to following @GazetteBoro just yet.

Here's how fans reacted: