Town manager Paul Jewell has revealed that Derby accepted an offer from the Blues for Steve Davies before the striker agreed to join Bristol City on Monday. The Robins are believed to have paid the Rams £750,000 for the 24-year-old with Town likely to have matched that figure having spent months in negotiation with the Midlands club.
Jewell said: "It’s been an ongoing situation. I think the fee was agreed but Steven, for his own situation, he wanted to move quickly and he chose Bristol City. He’ll have his reasons for that and I wish him well.
"We were in the race for him, we would have liked him, we haven’t got him and that’s life. You miss out on some players, we move on to the next.
"He’s not the only player that we’re looking at, he’s not the only player in that position that we’ve been looking at or, indeed, have made offers for.”
The Town boss played down his interest in Rangers midfielder Maurice Edu, who is now a Stoke City target, and wouldn’t be drawn on other reported targets: "Without trying to put you off the scent, [with all] the speculation linking us with this player and that player, we could be here all day talking about it.
"We are in for players and I’ve said we need three players at least and we want to add them to the group. I’m not going to comment on speculation.”
However, asked whether he had any bids in at the present time, he responded: "Yes.”
Meanwhile, former Blues loanee Ricardo Fuller has joined Charlton having left Stoke at the end of last season. The 32-year-old was mentioned in connection with a return to Portman Road earlier in the summer.