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DERBY COUNTY 1-0 LEICESTER CITY
Hendrick
With Kharja flying back from international duty and looking tired I decided to rest him and bring in young box-to-box midfielder Jeff Hendrick. We battle from the start against our bitter rivals and though they had quick players, reverting...
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Brighton 2-1 Derby County
O'Connor
We started brightly enough, very dangerous from set pieces from midfielder Coutts. However they hit us on the break and scored after 25 minutes. We tried to fight our way back onto the game and eventually defender O'Connor scored a heading from a...
It has been reported that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had been spotted at our last league match against Blackburn, rumoured to be personally watching star player Will Hughes. Hope Arsene knows Will isn't going anywhere.
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DERBY COUNTY 0-0 BLACKBURN ROVERS
A bore draw. Seitaridis, Kharja and Noblejas made their debuts today. They were all over us. First half hour we were camped in our own half. We changed our cautious 4141 formation to a 4411 moving Will Hughes up behind the striker Johnny Russell...
We have been beaten 1-0 by Burton Albion in our final friendly before the league opener next week against Blackburn.
Hours after that defeat we've signed Brazilian midfield player Marcelo Mattos for a fee of £275 from Botafogo.
What a buy!!! 29 years old formerly of Corinthians and...
I've decide to sell young centre half Valentin Gjokaj to Basel for £1M. He was showing decent progress in the youth team setup but the finances were needed to bulk up the first team squad. We wish the young Albanian all the best of luck in the future.
Meanwhile young striker Mason Bennett has...
We've just signed 20 year old left back Javier Noblejas from Real Madrid Castilla. For £130K he looks like a steal. If he can improve on his stats as he's still young he's be great for us. I felt we were a bit short of left back and wanted to balance our experienced signings with some youth too.
We've managed to secure another player in Greek international right back in Giourkas Sietaridis.
The 33 year old right back will compete with on-loan Liverpool defender Andre Wisdom for the right back spot. He's had a good playing career so far with spells at Atletico Madrid, Panathinaikos...
We've played two friendly games in the Friendly Cup.
Miada Boleslav (CZE) 1-1 Derby County
Kharja.
A well fought game against good Czech opposition with Kharja netting after 29 minutes. They pulled back an equaliser just after 90 minute mark and beat us 5-4 on penalties.
Derby County 2-1 RNK...
A few days have passed and I've been scouring the free transfer market looking for talent and it's been a joy to announce the signing of Moroccan international midfield playmaker Houssine Kharja on a free transfer.
The 30 year old is an absolute steal. 14+ for creativity, passing, off the...
FANTASTIC NEWS.
We've made our first signing. John Souttar has arrived on a £2.5M deal from Dundee United. The centre half has is tipped for a great future and I am delighted to get the lad in. Don't expect to see him in the first team as a regular straight away but I'm going to bring him in...
We've lost out on our loan move for Marvin Ducksch. However we've managed to move Simon Dawkins on, the forward has john Reading for £2M. That should give us the needed money to bring in Souttar but I'm not going to move for anyone until we've got our man in case I accidentally sabotage the deal.
Great news all round. Will Hughes has committed his future to the club until 2018 stating his love for the club was the reason he's staying.
We've also committed young 16 year old striking prospect Mason Bennett down to a deal to fight off interest from Newcastle. He'll remain in our U18 squad...