Derby County are hopeful of adding to their squad ahead of the transfer window closing on Monday.

The Rams are still eager to add a midfielder, defender and winger to the squad as they look to climb away from the relegation zone. There is likely to be a major departure too with Eiran Cashin closing in on a move to Brighton with the Rams holding out for a fee of £10m.

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Rams close in on deal

Derby County are reportedly closing in on a second raid on Viking FK for Norwegian centre-back Sondre Langas.

According to Aftenblad, the Rams have agreed a £4.3m deal for the defender who has been capped twice by Norway. Should the move be completed, it will represent Viking's biggest sale of all time, breaking the previous record of Patrick Yazbek, who was sold to Nashville for £2.4m.

Derby have already signed Lars-Jorgen Salvesen from the Norwegian club with the striker having already scored his first goal in a 2-1 defeat at Cardiff last weekend.

Langas has been described as a right-sided ball-playing centre-back and would help fill the void left by Eiran Cashin who is closing in on a move to Premier League Brighton for around £10m. It is reported that a medical and personal terms are yet to be finalised but should the deal go through, Langas will be Derby's third signing of the January window as they look to climb away from relegation danger at the foot of the Championship.

Langas, who can also play right-back, has won two caps for Norway with his first coming in a 2-1 win over Austria in the Nations League last September when he came on as a last-minute substitute. He then featured again from the bench in a 5-0 win over Kazakhstan in November and he helped Viking FK finish third in the Eliteserien last season with the domestic league in Norway finishing in December.

Should the deal be completed, he will be the second centre-back that has been added to Paul Warne's squad after Matt Clarke arrived on a contract until the end of the season from Middlesbrough earlier this week. The club is also keen on adding a central midfielder and a winger before the deadline closes at 11pm on Monday. Derby have shown an interest in Middlesbrough's Dan Barlaser and they have also been linked with a move for Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Oscar Fraulo.

Fraulo claim made

Derby County's hopes of landing Oscar Fraulo have been further complicated amid claims that Utrecht have the option to buy the midfielder from Borussia Monchengladbach.

Fraulo is currently on loan at Utrecht but a lack of game time with the Dutch club has sparked speculation over his future with Derby reportedly willing to sign the Danish playmaker.

But according to Bild, the situation has been made messy by the fact that a buyout clause has been inserted into his deal with Utrecht, a clause they are open to taking advantage of. The German publication say that Derby are willing to offer 4.5m Euros (£3.7m) for the midfielder, who is under contract with Gladbach until 2026, but Utretcht are considering buying him outright before selling him at the end of the season.

The Dutch side have done this before having invoked a clause in Ryan Flamingo's contract during a loan spell from Sassuolo before selling him to PSV for nine million Euros just a few months later.

While Gladbach would stand to benefit from selling him to Derby, Utrecht do not want to end the loan. They want to keep Fraulo until the summer at a time when Gladbach are unhappy over his lack of minutes on the pitch.

Derby are eager to bolster their midfield options before the window shuts at 11pm on Monday night as they seek to boost their creativity. Middlesbrough's Dan Barlaser is another contender for the position with the midfielder having worked under Paul Warne before at Rotherham United.