Jordan Rhodes has scored nearly 250 career goals during his 17 -year career to date, but says he is now delighted to know more about his job by the boss of Mansfield Town Nigel Cloud.
The 34 -year -old man remembers Cloud the player – an international in England who was prolific for Nottingham Forest and who continued to have spells in Liverpool and Manchester City.
Rhodes, a former Scottish international, said that the possibility of playing under Cloud was an undeniable lure when he agreed to bring a Blackpool transfer transfer loan to their rivals from Ligue 1.
“He’s a player, first of all, whom I grew up looking at,” said Rhodes BBC East Midlands today.
“There is not too much in the locker room who will remember him, and what a great player he was.
“And playing at the end of the field too, it is a real help for me personally. Because seeing one of the big ones as your manager, as an attacker too, you can draw from a part of his expertise. “
Cloud the player is inextricably linked to the Neighbors’ Forest of the Nottinghamshire of Mansfield.
He remains the top scorer of all the club’s time with 123 goals – a large majority which he scored while playing under his At the end of grandfather Brian Cloud In the past few years of his illustrious time as a patron of the Reds.
“The numer’s surname is a dynasty in football, especially in our country,” said Rhodes. “I can’t wait for this part, and it’s a real pleasure to be here.”
Mansfield Town is the 11th club for which Rhodes will have played in a career that lasted the best five divisions of England – from non -bite to the Premier League.
He had made a permanent move to Blackpool a few months earlier, after scoring 15 goals for them when he was loaned to Bloomfield Road from Huddersfield last.
When asked if his move to the One Call stadium was to have a longer stay, Rhodes said: “I don’t know what the future is. It is here and now.”
What motivates the striker – who counts Blackburn Rovers, Sheffield on Wednesday, Middlesbrough, Brentford and Ipswich Town among his former clubs – is not the objectives he has criticized constantly throughout his career.
Even the milestone of reaching 250 is not at the forefront of his mind now that he is talking about his career in terms of football father.
“It’s my family,” replied Rhodes, speaking of what motivates him.
“My two boys are now embarking on football and see their father getting out and trying to do their best, then taking football themselves, that’s what it is.”
