Only Fulham are priced at shorter odds than Derby County with Sky Bet in the race to sign the Aston Villa striker.
Bookmakers Sky Bet have listed Derby County as 6/1 second favourites to sign Aston Villa striker Ross McCormack this month.
Only McCormack’s former club Fulham (5/1) are priced at shorter odds than Derby, who are yet to be formally linked with the 30-year-old this transfer window.
McCormack has struggled since making the £12 million switch to Villa Park last summer, scoring just three times in 20 Championship outings.
Aston Villa’s Ross McCormack
It has been widely reported that the Scotland international could be moved on already, as the Villans seek to raise funds for a new centre forward.
And both Fulham and Wolverhampton Wanderers are among those said to be keen on doing a deal (Daily Mail).
Derby’s appearance on Sky Bet’s list is therefore intriguing, although the Rams have recently added Middlesbrough striker David Nugent to their ranks.
Former Middlesbrough striker David Nugent arrived at Derby last week
Nugent joins Darren Bent, Andreas Weimann and club-record signing Matej Vydra as an attacking option for Steve McClaren to consider between now and the end of the campaign, and it is likely that one of the latter trio would have to be moved on to enable McCormack’s arrival.
Burnley and another of McCormack’s former clubs, Leeds United (both 8/1), also feature highy on Sky Bet’s list.
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