With time running out before the start of the season Nigel Clough looks to be turning to the loan signings to balster his squad.
The Rams are reported to be about to sign Hull City's defender Kevin Kilbane (34). The idea seems to be to bring in a player who can play the left side of the defense. A position that has been noted as one the Rams needed to fill since the end of the previous campaign.
Kilbane may be surplus to requirements at Hull following reports that they have tabled a bid of £500,000 for Liverpool and former Rams loanee Daniel Ayala.
Ayala was on a season long loan to the Rams last season and fitted in very well in the Rams back-line...