A move to Nottingham Forest would have seen the Sheffield Wednesday striker reunited with Aitor Karanka, the manager who brought him to Middlesbrough in January 2016
According to the Sheffield Star, Nottingham Forest are one of three clubs to have expressed an interest in signing Sheffield Wednesday’s Jordan Rhodes on loan before last week’s transfer deadline.
Sunderland and Ipswich Town – who were both linked with moves for Rhodes last week – are the other two sides named in the Sheffield Star’s report.
Rhodes has failed to start any of Sheffield Wednesday’s last three fixtures, and was not included in Jos Luhukay’s 18 for Saturday’s defeat against Birmingham City.
Did injuries scupper Karanka reunion?
A move to Nottingham Forest would have seen Rhodes reunited with Aitor Karanka, the manager who brought him to Middlesbrough for around £10 million in January 2016 – only to sanction his departure to Wednesday 12 months later.
The Scotland international had scored 91 goals in 189 Championship appearances before his move to Hillsborough, although he has only scored seven in 43 since then – including one against Forest on Boxing Day – and has looked devoid of confidence of late.
Wednesday, though, are without three of their key strikers to injury – Gary Hooper, Steven Fletcher and Fernando Forestieri – and losing Rhodes would have left them worryingly short up front.
Nottingham Forest brought in seven new faces in the final two days of the January window, although a centre-forward eluded them.
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