Blackburn manager Gary Bowyer says the club 's owners do not wish to lose striker Jordan Rhodes . The 25-year-old has been the subject of an offer from Middlesbrough while Nottingham Forest , Derby , Norwich and Sheffield Wednesday have also expressed interest . Rhodes scored Blackburn 's last minute winner against Bolton on Wednesday night and Bowyer says Rovers owners Venky ’ s share his stance on not letting the Scotland international leave on loan to a rival Championship club . Jordan Rhodes , pictured scoring against Bolton , has been linked with a move away from Ewood Park . Rhodes directed the ball past Bolton goalkeeper Ben Amos to hit Blackburn 's winner . Bowyer said : 'They ( Venky 's ) are of the same opinion as ourselves – why would we want to be doing that ? ' Boro manager Aitor Karanka asked if he could confirm Boro ’ s approach , said : ' I don ’ t need to speak about speculation because we have a lot of games in front of us that are very important . 'Jordan Rhodes is not our player so I prefer to speak about our players . ' Pushed again he said : 'If , if , if . We could bring in Ronaldo and Messi , ( that ) could be good for everybody . ' Forest manager Dougie Freedman admitted his side have given up hope of signing Rhodes . Freedman told BBC Radio Nottingham : ' I phoned Gary Bowyer and he was very open and honest with me saying Jordan was not going out on loan so that was the end of the conversation . 'There was a rumour in the game that he could be going out on loan and I ’ m a big admirer of Jordan so out of respect I phoned Gary . ' I spoke to him and said if that was to come up we ’ d be interested in loaning Jordan with a view to a permanent if we did go up and he just squashed it straight away . ' Striker Rhodes ( left ) has been strongly linked with a move away from Blackburn this week .
Jordan Rhodes has been linked with a move away from Ewood Park . Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest are keen on signing Rhodes . Gary Bowyer has said Venky 's will not be letting Rhodes leave on loan . Dougie Freedman has given up hope of bringing Rhodes to Forest .