4 Players That Should Impress For Derby County 2014/15

Will-Hughes

Will Hughes: The young English centre midfielder has been on the lips of Derby fans for over 3 years now. He burst on to the scene as a 16 year old, making his debut vs Peterborough at London Road in late 2011. Hughes went on to make 2 more league appearances for The Rams that season and was rewarded with a place in the first team squad for the next season following the departure of Paul Green. Hughes has never looked back since and is now a huge part of the Derby squad.

Hughes was linked with Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Barcelona after impressing for both Derby and England U18s but Derby were adamant their young starlet was going nowhere and took the step to offer him a new 3 year deal to fend off any Premier League interest. Hughes continued his fine form over the next two years, playing in virtually all of Derby’s matches and the courtship from the English game’s hierarchy would not disappear despite Hughes’ new deal. It was up to Derby to do something about this and Hughes signed another new deal over this summer. A lucrative 4 year contract that sees Hughes remain a Derby player for the foreseeable future.

Hughes’ role in this Derby team could be altered due to the injury to new signing George Thorne. Hughes adopted an unfamiliar defensive midfield role against Rangers on Saturday and was the best player on the pitch. It would seem as though this will be his position for the league opener against Championship new boys Rotherham in a weeks time. It is hoped he will provide creativity and ball winning skills in this position. This position is vital in Derby’s system and a player of Hughes’ undoubted quality can step up to this mantle. This could be the season that Hughes finally sees his dream of playing top flight football come true, hopefully in a Derby County shirt.

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