win at Birmingham City, was linked with a move to Liverpool or Manchester United with Derby valuing Gordon at £2m having already turned down offers for him. Although not an imminent departure, Manchester City scout Jakub Bokiej revealed in an interview that he had Kamil Jóźwiak "high" on a list of players he monitored and believed Jóźwiak would be playing in the Premier League within 18-months. In addition to transfers, the club also had to start considering whether or not to extend the contracts of a number of first-team players whose deals were coming to end. Whilst it was believed that Scott Carson, Florian Jozefzoon, Curtis Davies and Scott Malone would not be offered new deals, and, as previously stated, Duane Holmes had failed to agree terms, it was understood talks were expected to open with Martyn Waghorn and Andre Wisdom. February With the transfer window closing at 11pm on 1 February, the Rams conducted the majority of their transfer business in the final 24 hours. Manchester United defender Teden Mengi, Rangers defender George Edmundson, Everton midfielder Beni Baningime, Manchester City winger Patrick Roberts and Stoke City forward Lee Gregory all joined on loan deals until the end of the campaign. George Evans left the club for Millwall in a £750k deal and Morgan Whittaker joined Swansea City for £700k. The club's final business was to let Jahmal Hector-Ingram join Stevenage on loan until the end of the season. Youngster Kaide Gordon left the club to join Liverpool a few days following the closure of the window, with Derby reported to be receiving a fee in the region of £1 million, rising to £3 million with add-ons. Derby also bought in Arsenal youngster Bayo Fapetu and handed trials to Chelsea youth Filip Lissah and former-West Ham youth Courtney Clarke, with an eye on integrating them into the club's under-18 setup, whilst Manchester United displayed an interest in an unnamed trio of Derby's U-18 players to the tune of a combined £750,000. Roberts, Baningime and Gregory made their debuts as substitutes as Derby finally played their away fixture against Rotherham United at the third time of asking, following postponements firstly due to the COVID-19 and then a waterlogged pitch, but were on the wrong end of a 3–0 defeat which saw the gap between Derby and the relegation zone reduced to just two points, with Rotherham, in 22nd, having two games