However, the local press insist Johnson is likely to reject any possibility of getting involved in a January sale - in order to hand pick his next club in the summer.
Wolves and Birmingham (according to the national press) are both said to be close to bidding more than £6m for the highly-rated winger .... but reports from the Midlands suggest neither club has that sort of money to splash about.
Johnson, whose Boro contract runs out at the end of June, says he still has hopes to get Boro back in the Premiership.