Blackburn agree £8M fee for Rhodes

[SteveHFC]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19418479

[Leishy1995]

Damn, didn't want him to leave.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Thats a cheap price to pay for an island! I love Faliraki!

[Pete]

This is like Marcus Stewart all over again. Huddersfield were sitting top of the championship until they sold their talisman to one of their rivals. They've only now really recovered from the disruption that caused and they have a good side again but like then, so much of it is based on having a great striker spearheading the attack.

It's a shame because they are a great club and a sleeping giant.

[Sean1875]

Was hoping to see him in the Premiership personally, but hopefully he'll get his game for Blackburn though and he'll get there one day, massive future for the boy :aok:

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

This is like Marcus Stewart all over again. Huddersfield were sitting top of the championship until they sold their talisman to one of their rivals. They've only now really recovered from the disruption that caused and they have a good side again but like then, so much of it is based on having a great striker spearheading the attack.

It's a shame because they are a great club and a sleeping giant.

Theres a blast from the past!

Marcus won me a fortune on the first scorer investments.

What a striker he was!

[Pete]

Theres a blast from the past!

Marcus won me a fortune on the first scorer investments.

What a striker he was!

I was going to pull you up about it being from "the past" but bloody hell that was 12 years ago!! Where does the time go as that seems like yesterday.

I seem to remember Huddersfield, and therefore Stewart, stuffing a lot of my coupons back then.

...at least there's no tax on them nowadays!:faint:

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

1/3 instead of 1/2 the odds ew tho for first scorers!

Reminds me of backing Sol Campbell @ 50s in The Champions League Final v Barca! that was a messy (pardon the pun) night!

[jamieross]

Theyll have 2 of Scotlands best strikers there, hope they both get game time in the championship :agree:

[Haymaker]

1/3 instead of 1/2 the odds ew tho for first scorers!

Reminds me of backing Sol Campbell @ 50s in The Champions League Final v Barca! that was a messy (pardon the pun) night!

Had a mate at work who was adamant that Campbell would score first, we laughed. We laughed harder when he stormed into the bookies and slapped £50 down on it to shut us up.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

I wish i had put as much on! £5ew for me!

[Pete]

Apparently that game has to be referred to as the "Henrik Larrson" final every time it is mentioned and Celtic must be given full credit.

You're all being pretty ungrateful.

[GordonHFC]

Has Petrie worked his magic and managed to negotiate a % of any future transfer fee :greengrin

[Craig_in_Prague]

Dont see the point in this move for Rhodes.

[Ozyhibby]

To be fair, Larson did change the game in Barca's favour when he came on.

[HIBERNIAN-0762]

Dont see the point in this move for Rhodes.

Agreed, a move to a much bigger club would have been worth the wait unless they have trebled his wages, not a very good career move IMO

[Hibbyradge]

Has Petrie worked his magic and managed to negotiate a % of any future transfer fee :greengrin

:thumbsup:

[HibbyKeith]

I'd be concerned if i was a Dundee utd fan. Johnny Russell and makay stevens was "allegedly" on the HT radar. With £8m incoming and a hole in the front line I don't think utd can turn down a decent offer.

[J-C]

Strange decision by Rhodes, looks more like a sideways move rather than a career move, can't see Blackburn doing anything this or even next season.

[PeterboroHibee]

Not sure I see the point of this. Blackburn already have a fair few strikers, why do they need to spend £8m on someone else? Obviously he has a brilliant scoring record, but Goodwillie is a really good player who they havent given a chance to, despite spending what, £3m on him.

[clerriehibs]

I look forward to potter describing this amount as 'obscene', as he did witj fletcher, esp as rhodes has no epl scoring form and nor will he anytime soon.

[VickMackie]

I get the feeling Blackburn will be in the **** over the next year or two.

[Sammy7nil]

Dont see the point in this move for Rhodes.

I think you may find money had a little bit of a say :wink:

But I agree it is a sideways step he would have been better re-negotiating his current deal and waiting on a better club to come in, Blackburn are still in chaos.

[Craig_in_Prague]

I think you may find money had a little bit of a say :wink:

But I agree it is a sideways step he would have been better re-negotiating his current deal and waiting on a better club to come in, Blackburn are still in chaos.

He will earn lots of money in his career; He's in a team where he's playing every week, scoring goals and are continuing to move forward and are looking up. Why move side-ways to a team on the decline..... from a footballing point of view, I don't think it's a good move for him.

Sure, short-term money will be better now, but he'd have got himself a bigger and better deal next summer - and even into a top 8 EPL club.

[frazeHFC]

Pretty gutted with this. Like Huddersfield, have been a joy to watch last few seasons. If he was going to leave it should have been to a Premier League team. Not only that, i have Huddersfield in a 21 goals competition so now i am probably screwed!

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Not sure I see the point of this. Blackburn already have a fair few strikers, why do they need to spend £8m on someone else? Obviously he has a brilliant scoring record, but Goodwillie is a really good player who they havent given a chance to, despite spending what, £3m on him.

They signed Leon Best for £3m a few weeks ago, but, he is now out injured for 6 months.

FWIW I think he has made the wrong move here too.

[Sean1875]

According to one of those Agent Football things on twitter, the fee is £4.5M upfront and potentially rising to £8M based on promotion and number of goals scored.

[jacomo]

According to one of those Agent Football things on twitter, the fee is £4.5M upfront and potentially rising to £8M based on promotion and number of goals scored.

That is still a monster amount of money for a player who's got no top flight experience.

[DH1875]

And to think there were people on here thinking we'd get him for 500k after the friendly in the summer :faf:.

[VickMackie]

And to think there were people on here thinking we'd get him for 500k after the friendly in the summer :faf:.

Who thought that? There's was talk of bids from west ham for millions in January was there not?

[Sylar]

One of the most exciting young Scottish players we've seen in recent years and he goes to a remarkably unexciting sinking ship.

[DH1875]

Who thought that? There's was talk of bids from west ham for millions in January was there not?


I know. Even had words with one guy on here as he said I was crazy when I said he'd go for millions. Can't remember his name but I'm sure he's reading :greengrin. If your really bothered check the thread from the game.