Boro confirm court action
A Premier League Commission has already found in Boro's favour and ruled that Liverpool had illegally 'tapped up' Ziege.
The Reds were fined £20,000 and the player £10,000 - however Boro want at least another £2.5 million, as they could have sold Ziege for £8 million, as apposed to the £5.5 million Liverpool actually paid.
Gibson is particularly annoyed at the role Liverpool's chief executive Rick Parry played in the transfer.
"Parry and Liverpool have consistently and knowingly broken rules and consistently offered misleading statements," he said.
"[Gerard] Houllier was quoted as saying that Middlesbrough's claims were 'laughable'. This he said when he knew the Middlesbrough claims to be justified.
"Parry offered a plea of not guilty to a Premier League commission when he knew that he and Liverpool were guilty.
"I look forward to seeing Parry and Houllier under cross-examination, under oath, with others in the High Court.
"Liverpool premeditated a strategy to illegally obtain the services of Christian Ziege.
"They conspired to defraud our football club of the true market value of Christian.
"This they did by colluding with agents, authorised and unauthorised, with secret meetings in bars and hotels.
"The clause in Christian's contract did exist. It existed because of his previous experiences in Italy and its objective was to protect Christian and his family's happiness.
"It is not always possible to find the words to convey the spirit of an agreement into a contract but both parties understood it.
"Christian told us and the world that he was happy at Middlesbrough. He left because he had his head turned by the illegal approach of Liverpool and the promise of greater riches."
On the playing front, Boro have handed a trial to young Brazilian Jair.
The 17-year-old striker is believed to be in his second trial spell with the club and could sign for Boro if he impresses again whilst training with the club's academy sides.
Meanwhile, Dunfermline have completed the signing of Boro's Scottish midfielder Sean Kilgannon.
The young Scot saw his chances limited at The Riverside, after suffering a bout of glandular fever.
Kilgannon moved to East End Park on loan earlier in the season and now he has signed a three-year deal with The Pars.
"At Middlesbrough there was a stage where I was involved just about every week in the squads and then I got glandular fever and that put me back for about a year.
"I was unable to do anything for about ten months - I was in my bed for weeks. It was a nightmare.
"I was unable to play for four or five months. I didn't know if I was going to get through it at one stage but it looks as if it is better now.
"It was hard because Boro changed managers in that time. I think Bryan Robson fancied me and then he got the sack so things didn't really take off then. But hopefully this is a new start."
In other news, it appears that Boro will let Armand One break off from his trial at The Riverside to play in the LDV Vans Trophy final for Cambridge at the weekend.
