By Middlesbrough FC

Academy youngster Brayden Johnson has joined Gateshead on loan.

The 18-year-old heads to the Gateshead International Stadium for a month to bolster Carl Magnay's side in their National League play-off push.

Johnson, who signed for Boro in January, has featured six times for our Under-21s in Premier League 2.

He is joining a side that sits sixth in the National League, with it all to play for in their remaining eight games.