Derby County tie up rising star Will Hughes on new contract
DERBY County's talented young midfielder Will Hughes has signed a new deal.
The 17-year-old penned his first professional contract in March and now he has committed his future to the club until the summer of 2015.
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Will Hughes has signed a new deal with Derby County
Hughes, a former Repton School pupil, is a product of the Academy.
He made his debut as a substitute at Peterborough in November last year and his first start came when Posh visited Pride Park in the final game of last season.
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This season, he has started all but one of the 10 Championship matches and is set to face Blackburn Rovers today.
Hughes' progress has delighted manager Nigel Clough.
"We want to try to keep our best young players at the club as long as we can and Will certainly fits into that category," said Clough.
"But we don't want to place too much on his shoulders.
"He has played only 10 games or so and it is very early days in his career.
"As well as he has done, there is a lot of hard work ahead for him.
"We have seen an awful lot of players – and I don't think Will falls into this category – go off the rails or whatever at a young age but this contract is not about money, it is about playing football and that's the nice thing.
"If he gets the next two years right, everything else will follow."
Hughes is emerging at a time when English football is crying out for players who are comfortable on the ball.
The England Under-17 international shows great composure and awareness in the hurly-burly of the Championship. He rarely gives the ball away.
All the big Premier League clubs are aware of his potential and Clough believes Hughes' style of play is almost that of a continental player.
"We tend to think of English midfielders as up-and-down, box-to-box midfielders who head it and tackle," said Clough.
"Will does his fair share of that, but he can play. His intelligence and his composure shine through.
"It flies in the face of all this new EPPP (Elite Player Performance Plan) stuff where they want do strength and fitness testing for nine-year-olds and things like that.
"Sometimes in games Will doesn't even register on our Prozone sprinting stats but he can play football and it shouldn't be measured in any other way."
Hughes is grateful to Clough for giving him a chance in the first team.
"I am loving every minute in the first-team and it has been an amazing last few months," he said.
"First and foremost, I love playing football and I've been given a great opportunity here by the manager and his staff.
"I know there's a lot of hard work ahead of me but I'm fully committed to getting my head down, working hard and continuing to improve my game.
"It may be a little bit of a cliche but it really is a dream come true for me and I'm grateful for being given this chance."
Comments
by derwentx
Tuesday, October 23 2012, 1:21PM
“DERBYGAZZ
Maybe your tiny brain might compute that I sometimes work during the night, hence I post in the early hours! Dooooo. Anyway, put your mum on, of find someone in the family who can string a coherent sentence together, then come back.”
by ibelieveido
Tuesday, October 23 2012, 10:08AM
“Morning derwentx.
Speechless ay.
Why ? because i told the truth.
I know N.C makes mistakes but dont we all.
Sure he seems pig headed at times but dont we all.
Anyway , anybody would think we are a shambles of a team,
we are not.
Anybody would think we are getting hammered week in week
out,we are not.
You have to step back and take a long hard look( not you personally)
at the work thats gone in since his arrival.
Take a look at what cash he has had to work with,he has replaced the
whole squad and had to use the spare change at the bottom of the purse.
This i know has ALL been said before but it needs saying again.
We as a club are going in the right direction ,sure i dont agree with ALL
N.C'S choice of team etc but ,yes i will stick my chin out and back him to the
hilt.
He's the right man for the job you see.”
by DERBYGAZZZ
Tuesday, October 23 2012, 6:54AM
“LOL, DEVIENTSEX, NO BOY, GOT A LIFE!
SURELY THERE MUST BE A LAW IN THIS COUNTRY ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU BEING ALLOWED TO CONSISTENTLY POST ILL ADVISED, STUPID, CRASS, BLIND,INANE, INSANE, PATHETIC,AND YES,ANNOYINGLY LONG DRIVEL.
MEDICATION?, LOL, THINK YOU MIGHT NEED TO TRY SLEEPING TABLETS, GOING ON THE TIMES YOU POST YOUR GRUNTS,GET A LIFE BOY”
by timc3489
Tuesday, October 23 2012, 3:48AM
“CONTRACTS ARE NOT WORTH THE PAPER THEY ARE WRITTEN ON THESE DAYS SO JUST ANOTHER PR EXERCISE TO KEEP THE FANS HAPPY.I'M SURE IF SOMEONE COMES IN WITH A DECENT PRICE FOR HIM I HATE TO SAY IT BUT HE WILL BE GONE BEFORE THE END OF THE SEASON.AS FOR N/C HE SHOULD GO WITH HIM IF THINGS DON'T IMPROVE(A WIN RATE OF 31%OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS SAYS IT ALL)AND THEY WONDER WHY THE ATTENDANCES ARE DROPPING WHEN THE TICKET OFFERS ARE NOT ON.
AS FOR PAYING £1.2 MILLION FOR SAMMON WE COULD HAVE GOT HENDERSON FROM MILLWALL FOR HALF THE PRICE AND IS PROVEN AT THIS LEVEL OR MAYBE GOT HELGUSSON FOR THE SAME SORT OF FEE.HE PERHAPS NEEDS MORE TIME TO SETTLE BUT THE NEXT FEW GAMES WILL TELL(SOME DECENT COACHING MIGHT HELP).TYSON SHOULD CERTAINLY GET MORE OF A CHANCE ANYWAY AS SHOULD JACOBS(HE SEEMS TO BE STILL PAYING THE PRICE FOR GIVING AWAY THE PENALTY AGAINST SCUNTHORPE).I WOULD DEFINATELY PLAY HUGHES IN THE CENTRE ALONG WITH BRYSON AND DROP HENDRICK.YOU NEVER SAW IDIAKEZ PLAYED OUT WIDE DID YOU ?IF HUGHES IS OUR SUPPOSED PLAYMAKER SURELY HE WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN THE MIDDLE OR PLAYING AS PART OF A DIAMOND BEHIND THE FRONT TWO.”
by derwentx
Tuesday, October 23 2012, 12:51AM
“DERBYGAZZ,
Thank you for a well considered, well reasoned argument about the pluses and minuses at Derby County. From your insane rant I deduce that you have been allowed out on home leave again? Do they know they you have forgotten your medication?”
by derwentx
Tuesday, October 23 2012, 12:47AM
“Pete Derby
Learn to read man! I said nothing about your love for Brian Clough, I was responding to Ibelievido who said that that he was a 'blind faither' (his words) because he loved Clough's dad! So instead of getting your knickers in a twist read what people actually write then come back and apologise for getting it completely and utterly wrong by suggesting that I attributed his thoughts to you !!! Its bad enough suggesting that I don't rate the manager, just because I sometimes question his team selection, but getting steamed up over a paragaraph that didn't apply to you just shows how full of your own self importance you are. So calm down, take a tablet and put your glasses on.”
by DERBYGAZZZ
Monday, October 22 2012, 11:41PM
“COME ON, DONT JUST NEGATIZE THE COMMENT, DONT JUST RUN AWAY LOL X”
by DERBYGAZZZ
Monday, October 22 2012, 11:31PM
“LOL, GUESS WHOS BACK!!!
I SAID ID LEAVE IT TILL THE END OF THE SEASON, BUT I CANT WAIT FOR THAT!!
BULLYBOY? LOL, HE COULDNT BULLY A JOINT OF BEEF!!
DEVIENTX, SOME OF YOUR WILD, INANE, MORONIC AND OMG LONG DROSSOLOGUES AMAZE ME, AND MANY OTHERS,WHY DONT YOU TAKE A 5 YEAR HOLIDAY AND TAKE A WELL DESERVED BREAK.
YOU SEEM, ALONG WITH YOUR LONG TIME BOYFRIEND, I BELIEVEHESACOK, TO KNOW IT ALL, AND WHAT IS, BEYOND BELIEF, TO BE OK WITH THE UTTER MEDIOCRITY THAT SURROUNDS OUR NON LEAGUE RUN CLUB.
AS IVE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE, THIS CLUBS GOING NOWHERE WITH NO INVESTMENT, AND YES, I SAID NO INVESTMENT, HERE YOU ARE I LL SAY IT AGAIN YOU MORON, NO INVESTMENT!!!! YOU GOT IT YET?
WE WILL FINISH 16. 17, OR 18TH THIS SEASON, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, AND YOU LL BE HAPPY WITH THAT, I LL TELL YOU NOW, IM NOT,AND NEITHER ARE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS
NO INVESTMENT =TOTAL MEDIOCRITY FOR A TEAM AND CLUB THAT WITH PROPER INVESTMENT WOULD REGAIN A PREMIERSHIP SPOT, EASILY, AND YES, AGAIN, I SAID EASILY.
WE ARE BEING RUN LIKE A BLOODY CONFERENCE CLUB,AND THE SOONER THE YANKS GO AND PROPER INVESTORS ARE FOUND THE BETTER. (M)LESTER AND THE FOREST DOGS HAVE HALF WAY DECENT INVESTORS AND WE GET STUCK WITH THE CRANKY YANKS, JESUS CHRIST WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO DESERVE THIS!!
NOT ONLY THIS SEASON HAVE THEY NOT INVESTED, THEYVE MADE A GOOD PROFIT ON SALES, SELLING SHACKELL,BRINGING IN 2 PLAYERS AND HAVING AOUND £300,000 LEFTOVER!!, GREAT INVESTMENT. AND DONT ANYBODY GIVE ME ANYTHING OTHER THAN KEOUGH(GREAT SIGNING BY THE WAY), AND THE SCOTTISH CARTHORSE COSTING MORE THAN 850 GRAND, COS THEY DIDNT, AND YES, BETWEEN THEM.
DEVIENTX, YOU KNOW NOTHING, BELIEVE ME, YOUR CONSTANT DRIVEL AND LACK OF ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE IS BEYOND BELIEF
AND AGAIN I TELL YOU, PROBABLY NOT ONE OF OUR PLAYERS WOULD GET INTO ANY OF THE TEAMS THAT WILL FINISH IN THE TOP TEN THIS SEASON, NOT ONE, WHY? BECAUSE THEYRE SIMPLY NOT GOOD ENOUGH,BASIC THINGS LIKE BALL CONTROL, AWARENESS, CONSTANT INVOLVEMENT, FOOTBALL BRAIN, POSITIONING SENSE, READING OF THE GAME, WE LACK ALL THESE IN ALL DEPARTMENTS,AND AS I SAID, WE WILL FINISH WHERE THIS SQUAD DESERVES TO FINISH, 16,17, OR 18TH, SO WE RE HAPPY WITH THAT ARE WE?”
by PeteDerby1
Monday, October 22 2012, 10:14PM
“Derwentx, I am way beyond arguing the toss with someone who seems to dedicate far too much of his life to dominating opinion on an internet bulletin board like you do. Get a life.
The point I made was in response to someone suggesting the manager should be sacked if we're not up there amongst the front runners at the end of the season. Disagreeing with that and pointing out the lack of investment which would make such a claim justified, does not equate to me being blind the Clough's or any other football manager's shortcomings.
To suggest that the only reason I think NC is the right man for Derby just now because of his Dad is just the sort of pathetic reasoning of the bully-boy you prove yourself to be day after day. No wonder the number of contributors on this board have diminished since you migrated here.
If only you were rendered 'speechless' we might get a bit more quality debate on here. As the chances of that, however, are virtually nil, I'll leave you to it.”
by derwentx
Monday, October 22 2012, 5:29PM
“'Seems to me you just don't rate the manager?'
Now, now Pete you are inventing things again. You know that I have been very vociferous in pointing out the tough job that Clough has faced since he joined the club, I am a wholehearted supporter of the youth policy and I think that he has brought in some very decent players.I have also argued against those who believe that he treats players badly by giving them a roasting and I believe that he has made some very considered and wise sales.
That said only a fool would put him on a pedestal and ignore his failings. To me he has a two or three principal failings: he plays people out of position far too often (ignoring the evidence of previous games), he is far too rigid in his choice of system, and he is relucant to make changes during a game.
So, how do you deduce that I don't rate him? I am just trying to give a considered and balanced view which is somewhere between Stimac and Ibelievido, one of whom clearly loathes him and the other who wants his babies! I have been careful to point out that we haven't lost for four games in order to balance the discussion.
On the other hand you prefer to lay the blame 100% on the owners and you won't accept that Clough sometimes gets it wrong. We all have our points of view.
Ibelievido to quote: 'Yes i will stick by WHATEVER formation .N.C puts out and what team too,
i'm a blind faither as they say , have been from the day he walked into our
club ,why...well,cos i just loved his dad....'
God mate, you really lead with the chin. To give any manager total and unfailing support because you loved his dad! I am speechless!”