Derby County are still in need of bulking up their squad with just a month and a half to go in the transfer window.
The Rams are expected to make their fifth signing of the summer relatively soon, with Patrick Agyemang heading to England after he was slammed for his Gold Cup final performance over a week ago.
Nevertheless, he is an exciting acquisition and Agyemang will work alongside Carlton Morris, a player who is rated highly by Paul Warne.
However, the midfield still needs to be worked on at Derby and after it was reported by Alan Nixon on Sunday that the Rams were showing an interest in Sam Morsy, they are set to miss out on a deal.
Derby County set to miss out on Sam Morsy
While the East Midlands outfit have been keen on the Ipswich Town captain, according to the East Anglian Daily Times, he will move to Kuwait.
The club in question, Kuwait SC, have put forward an offer that cannot be turned down, with the Tractor Boys not asking for a transfer fee. However, if the move was going to be to another club in England, that demand would have been different.
Morsy has been interested in a move to the Middle East for a while, and with his contract due to expire next summer, he has decided that now is the best chance to complete his dream.
Nevertheless, this will come as a frustration for Derby who have been interested in securing the midfielder, who helped Ipswich to back-to-back promotions in 2023 and 2024 from League One to the Premier League.
Kuwait SC once had John Obi Mikel on their books
Based in the country’s capital city of Kuwait City, the Brigadiers were crowned champions of the Kuwait Premier League in 2024/25.
They are one of the most successful clubs in the nation’s history, and were managed by England legend Sir Geoff Hurst between 1982 and 1984.
John Obi Mikel was registered in the squad at Kuwait SC in 2021, although he never played a league game and he left after just four months. The former Chelsea midfielder retired from football in 2022.
Morsy will be hoping to write his own name into the club’s relatively short history, and with continental football on the horizon in 2025/26, he will get a taste of playing teams from across Asia.
