After his explosive goalscoring exploits for League 1 club Huddersfield Town, clubs up and down the country are looking at Jordan Rhodes. Whether Rhodes moves on or not remains to be seen but we take a look at his flourishing career so far.
Rhodes has netted 29 goals in all competitions so far this season, alerting the radars of several big clubs such as Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur.
West Ham and Southampton are reportedly the only clubs to have made a formal bid at this stage, a paltry £4million which the Terriers quickly dismissed. However, if Rhodes keeps his unbelievable goalscoring record going it will be very hard for the Yorkshire side to keep hold of their prized asset.
Even though the Hammers have apparently revamped their initial bid, many believe it will take a massive fee for Huddersfield to allow Rhodes, 21, to talk to other clubs. Arsenal signed a 17-year-old Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain from Southampton when they were in League 1 for an initial £12m, and many see a similar fee beckoning.
Rhodes’ talent is there for all to see, proven earlier this month when he stunningly netted five goals in Huddersfield’s 6-0 demolition over Wycombe Wanderers in front of the TV cameras – equalling the record for goals scored by a Huddersfield Town player in a match set by Dave Mangnall and Alf Lythgoe in the 1930s.
Starting his professional career at Ipswich Town in 2005, and after scoring silly amounts for the under-16s, under-18s and reserve teams, it was clear to see that Rhodes was going to be a real gem of a player for the Tractor Boys. Rhodes was fast becoming the talk of the town amongst the Ipswich fans, who were looking forward to seeing another young talent develop onto the main stage through their impressive academy system.
However, under the questionable management of Roy Keane, Rhodes wasn’t really given a chance, with the former Manchester United captain seemingly not a fan. Then, rather inexplicably, on 31 July 2009 it emerged that Ipswich had sold Rhodes to League 1 club Huddersfield Town.
Shockwaves were sent throughout the Town fans who seemed perplexed at Keane’s judgement, especially seeing as Rhodes was sold for a measly initial £150k.
It is believed that Keane’s reasoning for selling him was that Rhodes would stump the potential of another young striker in the academy set-up – Connor Wickham. This is something that outraged Town fans’ even more, later questioning why not play them together?
Rhodes, who is set to celebrate his 22nd birthday this week, began his Huddersfield career in explosive fashion, scoring six goals in as many games, putting those doubts in the Ipswich fans’ heads even bigger. Further warning signs of Rhodes’ potential were even clearer to see as he scored a hat-trick of headers within eight minutes in a 4-0 victory over Exeter City in October 2009.
“However, if Huddersfield do eventually crumble into agreeing a fee for the Scottish International, maybe in this transfer window or in the summer”
Not a good thing for your article to be already out of date on publishing!
Deal already agreed, he will move to Norwich in the Summer.
Deal already agreed, he will move to Norwich in the Summer. Will be made public next week
Where is your evidence/link for this supposed Norwich deal?