Northamptonshire chief executive David Smith has revealed that the club will consider making an approach for Mitchell Johnson.
The 31-year-old paceman has not been selected for Australia's Ashes squad and could be available for an English county's Twenty20 campaign.
"He's a player that would interest most that have a vacancy," Smith told BBC Radio Northampton.
"He's someone I know [head coach] David Ripley is looking at, along with one or two others at the moment. I think most people are aware that with Mitchell Johnson having not been selected for Australia, clearly he has become a candidate for a number of counties for T20.
"Mitchell's a good all-round cricketer. He has a Test hundred and he hits a pretty hard ball in white-ball cricket. We feel the balance of someone of that ilk would be considered."
Johnson has taken 36 wickets in 28 Twenty20 matches.
