Young, who was relegated with Charlton Athletic last season, was part of the Middlesbrough side beaten 3-2 at Sunderland on Saturday.

It leaves the Riverside Stadium outfit four points above the relegation zone with just two fixtures remaining.

The defender is keen to get the points needed to stay up from the home matches with Portsmouth and Manchester City.

He said: "We have to pick ourselves up straight away and be strong as a side and as a squad because there are two massive games coming up.

"We didn't want it to go this far - we wanted to push on and try to win this mini-league at the bottom - but we're not going to do that now. We've got to make sure we keep ourselves in this division."