The Midlanders are reportedly ready to offer £6million plus striker Marlon Harewood for Wheater, although Gareth Southgate is expected to snub the deal.
We hear today Harewood is "not on Southgate's list of potential targets", yet he tried to sign the former West Ham striker last January.
The Boro boss came very close to a deal, but one local newspaper reports Southgate has "cooled on the idea" of bringing him to the Riverside.