No deal but Clough will monitor progress of winger Neilsen

Friday 24 July 2009

Derby County will monitor the progress of winger Scott Neilsen but will not follow up their interest in the Cambridge City player in the immediate future.

The 22-year-old joined up with the Rams squad yesterday and played 75 minutes in last night’s goalless draw against Torquay United at Plainmoor.

“Scott did OK and we will probably monitor his progress,” said Rams manager Nigel Clough.

"He certainly did not look out of place coming into the team and in training.

"I think at the moment if we are going to get anybody, ideally we want them to be challenging for a place in the first-team squad.

“We have got the development squad and we could still do with adding one or two to that but Cambridge will want a fee for him and we are not in the market for that at the moment.”

Neilson (pictured) joined Cambridge from Ryman North League One side Ware Town, where he scored 23 times in 40 appearances the season before last.

His 13 goals last season helped Cambridge finish fourth in the Southern League.

Norwich City are also showing interest in the 22-year-old who turned out for the Canaries’ under-11 team 11 years ago.

He has been on trial at Norwich this summer and scored in their 7-2 victory at Dartford.