He could have the unenviable task of informing his son Lee, who spent the last two months of the season struggling with an ankle injury, that he will not be involved in the biggest match in the club´s history at Wembley on Saturday.
The midfielder has declared himself fully fit but Johnson senior said: "It is something that has always been brought up, and there is no favouritism as far as Lee is concerned."
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