He is the Football League goal machine who has never kicked a ball in the top flight.
On Saturday, at 26 years old, Jordan Rhodes will finally get to the chance to prove wrong those who have long since doubted his Premier League pedigree.
It is staggering, really, that a teenager who scored 23 goals in his debut season at Huddersfield Town in 2010 has had to wait this long for a shot at the big time.
Jordan Rhodes is desperate to make his point in the Premier League with Middlesbrough
Hull City were on the verge of signing him for £12million two years ago, only for the deal to fall through at the last minute.