Overview

• City confirmed the deadline-day loan as their fifth addition of the summer window.
• Middlesbrough retain a January recall option, and Borges is unavailable to face his parent club.
• He is expected to be in contention after the September international break, with a first possible appearance on 13 September at Sheffield Wednesday.
• Borges had limited early-season minutes under new Boro manager Rob Edwards after making 35 Championship appearances last term.
• Bristol City sought left-side depth with Cam Pring out injured, and both Borges and technical director Brian Tinnion voiced enthusiasm for the move.