Here are your Derby County headlines on Friday, July 22, 2022. Influential defender Curtis Davies will be Derby captain this season while Max Bird has been given the role of vice-captain.
Davies takes the armband after Tom Lawrence, who was skipper last season, left the club in the summer to seal a move to Rangers after his contract expired at Pride Park.
The players were informed of who would be skipper on Thursday, with centre-back Davies a hugely popular figure at Pride Park where his quality, allied with his leadership, makes him an outstanding choice to lead the Rams next term.
Davies has spent five years at Derby which is the long time he has spent at any club during his career and signed a new one-year deal in the summer which was heralded by the supporters.