 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mumakore ake maviri ekupedzisira, mutsara wekukuvara kusanganisira imwe yakamuita kuti asarasikirwa ne2006 UEFA Cup Finaluye nguva refu yokuwanazve kugwinya kwemutambo yakadzinga Mendieta kuchigaro chokutsiva. Akanga asisiri kufarirwa nemutungamiri Gareth Southgate, uyo akajekesa kuti mutambi uyu akanga asisiri muzvirongwa zvake zvechikwata chekutanga. Mishumo yakaratidza kuti Real Sociedad, Athletic Bilbao uye Málaga CF vaifarira kutenga mutambi wepakati muna Ndira 2007 kutengesa hwindo, zvisinei hapana chibvumirano chaicho chakamboitwa, uye nguva yekutumira yakapfuura pakati pekufungidzira kuti mutambi akaiswa kuenda kuLos Angeles Galaxy; kusvika kumagumo ayo, akanokorwa mashoko achiti aizorwira nzvimbo yake kuMiddlesbrough. Zuva rakatevera, mukuru mukuru weBoros Keith Lamb akaramba zvaakataura achiti hapana mukana wokuti apinde muchikwata chokutanga. Akatamba mutambo wake wekupedzisira musi wa 26 Zvita 2006, achipesana naEverton. 