Championship duo Derby County and Sheffield Wednesday reportedly want Coventry City’s Jordan Willis.
Replacing Fikayo Tomori will be easier said than done for Derby County.
The Chelsea loanee enjoyed a superb 2018/19 season at Pride Park, winning the club’s Player of the Year award ahead of Mason Mount, Harry Wilson and co. So Frank Lampard will have a big hole to fill when Tomori makes his return to Stamford Bridge after the Championship play-offs.
But it seems the Rams are already planning ahead.
According to Coventry Live, Derby are interested in signing Coventry City’s 24-year-old talisman Jordan Willis when his contract expires at the end of the season. A commanding and cultured centre-back, Willis certainly has the potential to step into the void left by Tomori’s exit.
The report added that a number of other Championship clubs, including Sheffield Wednesday, are also eyeing a bargain deal for arguably League One’s finest defender.
But it seems the Owls are now going all-out to sign a different defender altogether. The Mail claims that Julian Borner is on his way to Hillsborough from Armenia Bielefeld.
The 29-year-old skipper has held talks with Wednesday, having turned down a contract extension from the German second tier outfit.
And this should give Derby an added push in Willis’s direction.
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