Last Updated: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:28
Derby boss Nigel Clough has not given up hope of signing Blackpool centre-back Shaun Barker.
The sale of Tyrone Mears to Burnley this week has added £500,000 to the Rams coffers and Clough may now use it to try and persuade Seasiders boss Ian Holloway to sell the stopper in addition to making a fresh bid for Crewe's John Brayford.
"We are still talking (to Blackpool) and, hopefully, we will be going back in the next few days," he told the Derby Telegraph.
"We have made offers for both players (Barker and Brayford), which have been rejected, so we are in the process of drawing up fresh offers which will go in as soon as we can."