Derby County’s two most underwhelming signings from the last 5 years and why – Do you agree?

Like most clubs in the EFL, over the years, Derby County have had some signings that have worked out brilliantly, and others that have worked out less so. 

At most football clubs, for every success story in the transfer market, there is a failure, for every cut-price bargain, an expensive mistake, and the Rams are no exception.

With that being said, here are two players we think have been very underwhelming after signing for Derby County in the last five years.

The first player that came to our minds when thinking of underwhelming Derby County signings in recent years is striker Cameron Jerome.

Jerome joined the Rams in January 2018 with Derby County sitting second in the Sky Bet Championship table.

In his two previous full seasons in the Championship prior to signing for Derby, Jerome had scored 18 and 16 goals respectively for Norwich City and it was hoped that the former Premier League striker could help fire Derby to automatic promotion.

Things didn’t quite work out that way, though.

Jerome went on to make 18 league appearances for Derby from January until the end of the season, but, scored just one goal in his first 15 matches for the Rams.

He did endure a very hot run of form with eight games of the season to go, scoring 4 goals and getting 1 assist in three matches against Cardiff, Aston Villa and Barnsley, but then Jerome picked up an injury that would see him miss the remainder of the regular season campaign.

Jerome returned for the play-offs, but failed to help Derby overcome Fulham in the semi-finals, where the Rams were knocked out.

Ultimately, Jerome failed to make a positive impact on Derby County’s promotion campaign scoring such few goals in his first 15 outings for the club and then being unable to