All about money.
In the end even Boro baulked at the financial clauses Rovers were trying to stuff the deal with.
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/jordan-rhodes-boro-pull-out-10814223#ICID=sharebar_twitter
Forgive the rhetoric fellas but given that in the last month or so we've already landed our #1 targets for a Prem League loan in face of competition from apparently dozens of clubs, a £2m+ winger (as well as Towell and a key short term left back loan) then you're being super harsh if thats a...
My point was that he wanted a club playing European football. Which was true.
*Not that we didn't cough up enough money.
Oh i dunno. Its a long time ago now. Who knows. :)
That January transfer window when we bought Ulloa, (loaned) Upson and don't forget Maksmimenko !, ended up losing only 3 times in remaining 20 matches and would have won the league if it had started on Jan 1st 2013.