DERBY County manager Nigel Clough is willing to wait to land the right striker on loan.

The Rams were set to bring in West Bromwich Albion forward Chris Wood until injuries at Albion stalled the deal only days before the transfer window closed last week.

Derby might have to wait a handful of weeks before the injuries to Roman Bednar and Ishmael Miller clear up.

Although the Rams remain very keen on Wood, the 18-year-old New Zealand international, they do have another loan target in their sights.

"We did have a deal (for Chris Wood) lined up and, unfortunately, because of injuries at his club, that one has been shelved just for the time being," said Clough.

"We hope to revisit that in the next four to six weeks but we will keep knocking on the door every week or so to see if there has been any development.

"We will keep waiting because we think he would fit in but we are making another enquiry. If we got that one, it would be to January anyway, so we wouldn't chase the other one.

"They are two good strikers and if we cannot get one of them, we will wait for somebody similar."

The window for emergency loan signings opens today.

"It is tempting just to get somebody in but there is no point in us bringing somebody in just for the sake of it. Loan signings must be better than what we have got already," said Clough.

Strikers Rob Hulse and Luke Varney have left Derby in the past two weeks while Spanish youngster Alberto Bueno has arrived on a season-long loan from Real Valladolid. Hulse joined Queens Park Rangers in a permanent deal and Varney moved to Blackpool on loan.

"We have lost Rob and Luke but both had started only one game this season," added Clough. "Bringing Alberto Bueno in gives us options and Kris Commons started up front against QPR and looked OK and got a goal.

"Tomasz Cywka did very well when he came on against QPR and we have our emergency striker, Dean Moxey.

"Commons, Cywka and Moxey are three good options when we are only playing one up there and they were not the reasons why we didn't beat Coventry and QPR.

"The striker issue is a talking point at the moment but the other thing the fans are saying is that they are absolutely delighted with how well we are playing. They are loving the football, loving the passing."