While a refreshing change from the same old names on the British managerial merry - go - round , Karanka had never managed a league game before he arrived on Teesside .
Last season , Middlesbrough made the rather brave managerial appointment of Aitor Karanka .
While a refreshing change from the same old names on the British managerial merry - go - round , Aitor Karanka had never managed a league game before he arrived on Teesside .
Last season , Middlesbrough made the rather brave managerial appointment of Aitor Karanka .