55 hours left: Johnson move blocked

Apparently our £5m bid won't be bid enough to bring him to City, despite the player's own interest in joining. This is from a report in The Northern Echo:

Despite making renewed contact yesterday, City are still to increase the £5m offer they tabled late on Wednesday night, and Boro continue to insist that is far too low a fee for a player likely to command a compensatory fee of around £5m if he leaves when his contract expires in the summer.

Johnson is understood to be keen to hear what City are willing to offer him, but that will not happen unless the Manchester club increase their offer significantly over the weekend.