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Paul Warne sets-out Derby County stance on exits before transfer deadline

Derby County manager Paul Warne
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Paul Warne does not foresee any further exits from Derby County before Monday night's transfer deadline.

Derby are in the process of adding to their own squad before the 11pm cutoff point with Viking FK's Sondre Langas the next player expected to be next through the door.

But while the club is feverishly working behind the scenes to strengthen the squad as they target a midfielder and a winger for the final time this season, there have been question marks over some of the fringe players.

Striker James Collins has already departed for Lincoln City on a permanent deal and Sonny Bradley has also left the club to join promotion-chasing Wycombe on loan until the end of the season at which point he will be out of contract at Pride Park.

Brighton are also closing in on a deal for Eiran Cashin with the centre-back close to achieving his dream of sealing a move to the Premier League with the club holding out for a fee of £10m for the academy graduate.

Players such as Liam Thompson and Tom Barkhuizen are also entering the last six months of their contracts. Conor Washington is also free to leave the club this summer, but is working his way back from injury.

Asked if there were any further departures in the pipeline, Warne said he does not believe there will be any further exits than those that have already been sanctioned.

"I don't foresee anybody else leaving," he said. "There isn't anyone attracting attention that attracts their attention, if that makes sense.

"I don't think any of them have got anything. At the minute, I've currently only got 16 players outfield fit.

"I have not forced any of players out but my intention is that nobody else will leave and we will just add to the group we have got. That's my positive intention."

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