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Gary Rowett will be confirmed as the new Derby County manager within the next 24 hours as the Championship club move quickly to replace Steve McClaren, who was sacked on Sunday evening. Although other candidates have come forward, Rowett was always favourite for the position and ticks all the boxes in the eyes of the Derby board.
Sacked harshly by Birmingham City in December, Rowett has experience at Championship level and knows Derby well from his playing days, having made more than 100 appearances for the club between 1995 and 1998. He is expected to sign a two-and-a-half-year contract with Derby and will be given the chance to rebuild the squad in the summer, when a number of first-team players are expected to leave.
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