Derby County defy £19m expectation amid £84m Luton Town shocker
Latest Derby County news from DerbyshireLive brings you new figures that show Derby are exceeding expectation so far in the Championship
Paul Warne may not have the luxury of an enormous transfer budget, but he is exceeding expectations at Derby County according to new figures.
Transfermarkt have put together a league table that compares the value of squads to their current position in the division. And it makes for interesting reading as far as Warne’s Derby are concerned with the club being considered the second best performing team in the league.
There is a long-held theory in football that the size of your playing budget often correlates to where you finish in the league table. Derby’s spend this summer equated to around £2.7m, which was around what they made in sell-on clauses inserted into deals such as Omari Kellyman and Liam Delap.
That money was spent on Ebou Adams, Kenzo Goudmijn and Jacob Widell Zetterstrom, with the rest of Derby’s additions coming through loans and free transfers with 11 deals being concluded in the summer.
