ewcastle United make late bid to sign £5m-rated Man City midfielder Johnson

Manchester City's Michael Johnson could be on his way to Newcastle Newcastlehave made a beat-the-deadline bid for Manchester City midfielder Michael Johnson.City have told the Magpies their asking price, believed to be around £5m, and it is understood the clubs are not too far apart in their valuation of the England Under-21 international.Johnson, 20, has also attracted recent interest from Wigan and Fulham.The two clubs have already done business in the January transfer window with goalkeeper Shay Given leaving Newcastle for Eastlands. DEADLINE DAY: All the transfer news as it happensPICTURE SPECIAL: Sleepless Given trains with new Man City team-mates in the snow after sealing move from NewcastleMANCHESTER CITY FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE NETNEWCASTLE FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE NET  

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