Derby County: Darren Bent and Chris Baird have contracts extended by 12 months

Darren Bent has scored 13 times for Derby this season, one behind leading goalscorer Tom Ince

Derby County have exercised one-year options on the contracts of Darren Bent and Chris Baird.

It keeps 33-year-old striker Bent and full-back Baird, 35, at Pride Park until the end of the 2017-18 season.

Bent first joined the Rams on loan from Aston Villa towards the end of the 2014-15 campaign and later made the move permanent.

Former Northern Ireland defender Baird has played 51 times for Derby after a move from West Bromwich Albion in 2015.