... Boro can expect the 'Jona' to scupper their promotion hopes if he arrives at the Riverside ... and don't rule it out.
Burnley want him, too, so it could be a choice between playing with his bother Steven (who also played for Newcastle) at Turf Moor ... or joining up with his old boss Gordon Strachan on Teesside.
Strachan took the Scotland stopper to Parkhead from Hibs in 2006.