Linked with Leeds last summer, Rhodes is on the move this time around.
Norwich City have completed the season-long loan signing of Sheffield Wednesday striker Jordan Rhodes after a disappointing move to the Owls, but should Leeds United regret not reigniting their interest in the striker?
The 28-year-old confirmed a move to Carrow Road on Tuesday, finally escaping his Wednesday nightmare in which Rhodes only managed seven goals throughout the 2017-18 campaign – after joining the Owls for £8million (The Star).
However, 16 of his 35 league appearances were from the bench last term, while being replaced 13 times. It meant Rhodes saw out an entire 90 minutes just six times.
He was hardly given the chance by Wednesday to reignite his explosive goalscoring form that saw him score 86 goals in 147 Huddersfield appearances and 84 in 169 for Blackburn.
There is no doubt that Rhodes remains one of the Championship’s most proven goalscorers, with 99 in 238 second-tier outings. But he need to be given the game time to reignite that goalscoring touch.
Indeed, Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds would have been perfect for Rhodes ahead of the upcoming 2018-19 campaign, with the Whites in desperate need of a new talisman.
The Daily Mail claim Leeds were interested in Rhodes last summer before he left Middlesbrough to join Wednesday permanently, after the sale of Chris Wood to Barnsley.
Leeds instead brought Pierre-Michel Lasogga to Elland Road from Hamburg, but he managed just 10 goals in 33 outings.
Bielsa may come to regret not reigniting last summer’s reported interest in Scotland international Rhodes, who if given the necessary game time is sure to reignite his impeccable goalscoring form at Norwich.
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