Rhodes on Sheffield Wednesday move: This is what really happened on deadline day

Fri 10 February 2017 9:40, UK

By Will Butcher

Jordan Rhodes has revealed that his deadline-day move to Sheffield Wednesday was only confirmed after a last-minute meeting between top-ranking Football League chiefs.

The 26-year-old goal machine opted to leave Middlesbrough after a difficult stay on Teesside, joining Wednesday’s promotion charge on loan with a view to a permanent £10million deal.

Speaking to Sky Sports’ EFL Weekly programme, Rhodes revealed that the move was so late, the Football League had to have a meeting the day after the transfer window to ratify his move to Hillsborough.

Although delighted to secure a move, Rhodes will be sick of deadline-day transfers after moving to Boro from Blackburn on February 1 2016. And he says he’ll be happy not to do it again.

“It’s frantic,” Rhodes said on Sky Sports. “Thankfully, it all got done and went over the line. I would’ve had to go back to Middlesbrough if the League didn’t have a meeting on Wednesday but I’m here now.

“It’s been a whirlwhind of a week. Two last-minute deadline day windows in a row, I’m not up for that next time round. Would much rather be on the sofa with a cup of tea.

“It kicked off two or three days beforehand, it was all very last minute.”