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This is true. But he appears to be a born goal poacher, and in a team that's on the fringe of success anyway he might make the difference between going up and staying down I guess.

I know, hence "If we were to be". It was in relation to somebody pondering whether we were attractive to players or not, all things being equal, which clearly they aren't.

I think, were we to be offering the same money, we'd be more attractive than the majority of Championship clubs at any given time. But footballers have short careers and think, quite rightly, in the here and now. They're not interested in "We're going to spend over the summer and have a squad...

It would be lovely. But I imagine if Jordan Rhodes' agent went up to him and offered him the options of Derby, Norwich & Albion- right now, telling him that he had to pick one of them, straight away, we aren't going to win that particular race, even if we're all offering him the same money :)

Depends if he gets the choice, I suppose, and who he views as a better long term prospect bearing in mind they'll probably have to agree to sign him permanently in June.

Which won't bother Norwich in the slightest, I should imagine. Derby haven't been big wage payers (compared to certain other sides) until this season, but they may well view it as a gamble worth taking now.

Just got it from the Telegraph story I've linked to above.

Sheffield Wednesday have just been taken over by some Far Eastern investor (whoever heard of such a thing?) and are talking about spending big to make a decent Premier League push next season. I'm not sure Jordan Rhodes will be on their radar though: their squad needs an awful lot of work to...

Not a "could do a job" thread, more a case of what a poor bit of decision making by Rovers? Could have sold him for >£12 million in the transfer window, and now having to look at loaning him out to Derby or Norwich, as they've failed FFP so miserably...