opinionThe one Derby County contract waiting to be written after darting under the radar
There are eight players out of contract at Pride Park at the end of the season but there is one player who is doing himself no harm at all
It was a brilliant goal that left his teammates in disbelief and sparked one hell of a debate. Had anybody with Derby County coursing through their DNA ever witnessed a better header than Curtis Nelson’s against QPR?
A couple of contenders were shoved under the nose on social media, but the consensus was that nothing in recent history came close to the 15-yard bullet he fired into the postage stamp last weekend.
Such was the buzz surrounding one of the goals of the season that it was viewed more than nine million times on Derby’s Twitter account. Paul Warne waxed lyrical about it after the game and, for the second time this season, his value from set-pieces was demonstrated yet again.
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