Claim: In England, Alen Bokšić played with Middlesbrough, a team in the second tier of English football.
Evidence: Following his spell at Lazio, he surprised the footballing world by joining English club Middlesbrough in the Premier League for a transfer fee , where he scored twice on his Middlesbrough debut in a 3–1 win at Coventry City. The Premier League, often referred to outside England as the English Premier League or the EPL, is the top level of the English football league system.