The Wellington Phoenix have given left back Tony Lochhead 10 days' leave of absence to try out for the British premier football club Middlesbrough.
Lochhead has been recommended to Middlesbrough by the Phoenix coach Ricki Herbert.
If Lochhead can agree terms with the British club he will become just the fifth Kiwi to have made it to the Premier League, joining Ryan Nelsen at Blackburn, Simon Elliott at Fulham, Danny Hay at Leeds and Lee Norfolk at Ipswich.
