What next for Derby after Chirewa's return to Wolves?

I'm not sure many will have known Tawanda Chirewa when his loan signing to Derby County was announced back on 26 August from Wolves.

Fast forward a few months and there has been little learned about the 21-year-old after just 196 minutes in a Derby shirt across six appearances.

Sometimes loan signings can pleasantly surprise you, like in the case of David Ozoh, who despite being injured for the past three months, showed his pedigree inside his first five matches.

And then there are loan signings that leave you scratching your head, and this would be one of them.

For the battle Derby are in this season, they can't afford to let a player learn the hard way at Championship level, especially when money is tight and it takes up a precious loan slot, so they've made the decision to cut short his stay which, you'd think, means a player incoming won't be far away on loan.

By all accounts, Tawanda was a great lad around the training ground, intelligent and willing to learn - but it's one of those moves that probably came too soon for him in the situation Derby are in.

He's clearly got ability and I'm sure he will have learned lessons in his start at the Stadium of Light or on his debut at Barrow.

But ultimately, from a Derby County perspective, it hasn't worked.