DERBY County have beaten off around a dozen other clubs to land Eibar defender Raul Albentosa.
According to reports, Spanish journalist Guillem Balague told Sky Sports' show Revista de la Liga how Derby have won the race for the 26-year-old centre back.
Balague said: "Steve McClaren convinced Gaizka [Mendieta] to leave Lazio to go to Middlesbrough and now he has just done the same for him [Albentosa] to leave Eibar.
"He [Albentosa] had about 12 offers but out of all of them, McClaren convinced him to go Derby."
The Spanish newspaper AS says the Rams have reached an agreement on what steps to take in order to pay Albentosa's release clause of 600,000 Euros.
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