The Derby County Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Derby County pay Middlesbrough $21.8M for a proper upgrade
Middlesbrough did not want to sell and the number is why they did. $21.8M for Dávid Strelec, and the expectation that arrives with him is the kind no amount of settling-in period softens.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sunderland tell Derby County: Omar Alderete is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eyes on Patrick Agyemang again
The phone has started ringing about Patrick Agyemang again, and this time the name on the line is Newcastle United. Derby County are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Fred Onyedinma would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Fred Onyedinma is living that version at Derby County, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $600.0K for Adam Smith
Derby County have gone to Bournemouth with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Carlton Morris stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Carlton Morris and Derby County agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Derby County
Sam Szmodics and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The town asked, and Derby County paid $21.8M
Dávid Strelec was the name on every phone-in, and the club has gone and signed him for $21.8M. For one week the board can do no wrong, which is a week most boards never get.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The formation has left Dávid Strelec behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Derby County will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
In brief
- The dugout Carlton Morris asks for a word with the manager
- Market 61 months and counting on David Ozoh
- Market Bobby Clark linked with a move away