Steve McClaren: “He has not trained for a couple of weeks and needs minutes.
“You could see from his movement and runs he is a good player. He has been training back in Belgium.
“Yet because of the ongoing saga of his transfer he has missed some days.
“We only expected one half from him but he wanted more.
“It shows his enthusisam on the field so we are pleased to get him on.
“He has only had 24 hours, trained then played.
“He is a good lad and he had a smile on his face.
“Once he crosses the white line he is a bit of devil.
“It was a good work-out.
“This was always going to be a physical game.
“We had youngsters playing but I was pleased with what I saw in the middle.
“We played good football and had good endeavour and attitude. It is pre-season.
“We want to win but we were beaten in both boxes and failed to defend well.
“We failed to score from numerous attempts.”