Derby County: Contracts agreed with Curtis Davies, Richard Stearman and Ryan Allsop
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Derby County have signed free agents Richard Stearman and Ryan Allsop on one-year contracts and agreed a similar deal with Curtis Davies.
The club were under a transfer embargo, but can now sign non-contracted players subject to strict wage levels.
Defender Stearman, 33, and goalkeeper Allsop, 29, have both been involved in the club's pre-season games.
Centre-back Davies, 36, only made 14 appearances for the Rams last season because of an Achilles injury.
But he was in the side when they drew 3-3 with Sheffield Wednesday in May - his first game for five months - as the Rams dramatically retained their Championship status.
Boss Wayne Rooney is still hoping to agree deals with some of their other trialists, who include Phil Jagielka, Ravel Morrison, Tom Carroll and Sam Baldock.
"The other players who've been with us and training with us, we haven't managed to get over the line but we're working very hard to get them done as quickly as possible," Rooney told BBC Radio Derby.
"I don't like calling them trialists. Some of them are very established players who have been around the league for a long time. I know some of them have other offers on the table so I need to keep working to try and get them in."
Stearman, who first played in the Championship with Leicester back in 2004, was released by Huddersfield Town at the end of last season.
Allsop, meanwhile, left Wycombe Wanderers following their relegation to League One, having made 32 appearance in 2020-21.
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