Video: Jordan Rhodes says Sheffield Wednesday are as good as the Middlesbrough side that made it to the Premier League

By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Feb 2017, 05:10 BST
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New boy Jordan Rhodes says he can already see similarities between the Middlesbrough team that won promotion to the Premier League last season and play-off hopefuls Sheffield Wednesday.

The Scotland international found the back of the net six times as Boro pipped Brighton and Hove Albion to the second automatic promotion spot last time around.

When asked how the Owls compare with Boro’s class of 2016, Rhodes, who plundered 156 league goals in his spells for Huddersfield Town and Blackburn Rovers, said: “It’s a team that has equal ability. They play in different way to the one I played in last year.

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“Wednesday possess good quality and hopefully that can shine through in these last few months towards the end of the season.”

Having joined Wednesday on loan on transfer deadline day, Rhodes could make his debut in their televised clash at struggling Wigan Athletic tonight.

“It would be fantastic to score goals in a team that wins promotion,” he said. “Everyone dreams of that.