FOOTIE paedo Adam Johnson has "booked a luxury golf holiday in preparation for his prison release", it has emerged.

The shamed ex-England midfielder has been caged in HMP Moorland reportedly on a segregated wing since March 2016.

According to the Daily Star on Sunday, Johnson is hoping to head to a golf resort in Portugal.

One of his pal's told the newspaper: "Adam and the lads have already signed up for a trip in May to the Portuguese resort of Amendoeira for a long weekend."

Having turned down an offer to resurrect his football career in China, Johnson is reportedly trying to polish his skills in another sport.

Johnson is even hoping to return to his local course, Castle Eden and Cleveland golf club, County Durham, it has been claimed.

His former golf coach Andrew Robinson visited him at Moorland in August 2016.

The former Man City and Sunderland player is serving a six-year sentence for child grooming and sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl and is set to be released in March next year.

He admitted grooming and kissing a 15-year-old fan and denied sexual activity with the girl but was convicted after a trial.

The ex-Sunderland star has been enjoying visits from Bethany Drake on at least three occasions.

When approached by The Sun, she failed to deny that she and Johnson were an item.

But in a later email she insisted there had been a misunderstanding — adding: “I can categorically say I am not in a relationship with Adam."