In all seriousness, depending on the wage situation, I think he'd be a good acquisition. Attitude is the only question mark against him but he showed enough when he was here last season to suggest he does still want to play games and score goals. He'd have scored a dozen already if we'd had him...
Isn't this just a case of Steve Gibson's negotiating tactics? A deal between clubs doesn't have to be agreed before the player can undergo a medical and discuss personal terms, maybe the clubs were close enough that Blackburn were happy for Rhodes to talk to Middlesbrough, the terms between the...