Middlesbrough manager Tony Mowbray has insisted that his side's main target this season is to achieve promotion to the Premier League.

This evening Championship outfit Boro travel to Swansea City with a place in the semi-finals of the League Cup up for grabs.

However, despite admitting that it is pleasing to have had a cup run, Mowbray feels that elevation to the top tier of English football should be his club's number one aim.

"We will be picking a team that can go to Swansea and win the game but we have to be mindful Wolverhampton is on Saturday," Mowbray told the Northern Echo.

"We are not moaning because we want to give it our best shot in the League Cup but we also know we have the Wolves game coming up. We are doing our best to get this club in the Premier League, we are striving every day.

"That's why I am talking about how important the Wolves game is at the weekend because, whilst it is nice to have a good run in a cup competition and get the plaudits, it would be a wasted season come May if we don't finish in the top two - or top six to give ourselves a chance. It would be a wasted season for a club with the ambition to get back to the Premier League as quickly as we can."

The Teeside-based club are currently third in the Championship.