Rhodes Loan Speculation Resurfaces - Ipswich Town News
Former Blues striker Jordan Rhodes will be made available for loan by Sheffield Wednesday in the summer with the Blues and Bolton set to be among those interested in recruiting him, it’s claimed this morning.
According to a somewhat speculative piece in The Sun on Sunday, Wednesday will be willing to loan out the 28-year-old ahead of 2018/19 requiring the loaning club to cover only a small proportion of his wages with Town and the Trotters said to be among those likely to be interested.
In the Blues’ case that’s largely due to links late in the January window which manager Mick McCarthy subsequently dismissed on a number of occasions.
Rhodes, who came through the Town academy but was controversially sold to Huddersfield by former boss Roy Keane before he had made a first-team start for the Blues, has failed to repeat his goalscoring form during his time with the Terriers and Blackburn while with the Owls, who he joined from Middlesbrough in January 2017 initially on loan before a £10 million permanent switch that summer.
While at Hillsborough, the Scotland international, who netted once for Town in 10 senior sub appearances prior to his 2009 move to Huddersfield, has scored only nine times in 31 starts and 21 games from the bench for Wednesday.
Given the current uncertainty regarding the future of boss McCarthy, any speculation regarding Town’s summer targets should currently be taken with a pinch of salt.
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