Wolves captain Roger Johnson hopes to be fit for Saturday’s trip to Tottenham – after revealing his frustration at Birmingham fans’ reaction to his return.

Johnson hobbled off just 36 minutes into Saturday’s FA Cup third round 0-0 draw at St Andrew’s after landing awkwardly on his right ankle following an aerial challenge with Blues striker Adam Rooney.

The Molineux skipper faces a battle to be fit for the White Hart Lane clash after aggravating an injury he suffered in training on Friday.

But the 28-year-old defender hopes to be fit.

“I rolled it in training on Friday and the physio says that’s made it weaker and it went again,” said Johnson.

“I’ll try to play on Saturday and we’ll just have to see how it goes with the physio this week.

“I expect I’ll be seeing a lot of him and then train maybe Thursday or Friday.”

Despite revealing in the Express & Star that he was told to find a new club in the summer to ease Blues’ financial problems, Johnson was booed by Blues fans with supporters accusing him of being “greedy” in an obscene chant.

“It was uncalled for,” he said. “I said I don’t have any problem with them and I thought the interview would have made it clear.

“It was disappointing. I’ve no beef with the fans but they do with me now.

“No-one knows the real story behind why I left – certainly not the fans.

“I tried to put it across in the press but it seemed they didn’t want to listen.”

Regarding Johnson’s injury, boss Mick McCarthy said: “He’s fine and should be OK for this weekend.

“He didn’t want to come off as he was back on his old patch. He wanted me to give him five minutes more but I wasn’t prepared to do that and risk him.

“Had he just done it, I probably would but having done it before, if he’d gone on to damage his ligaments, he could have been out for four to six weeks.”

Johnson revealed he has hurt the ankle many times going back to his childhood. “It’s something I did a lot as a kid,” he said. “It happened a lot between the ages of 12 and 16.”

“I’d wear strappings and I’ve worked hard to strengthen my ankles.”