Latest Derby County news from DerbyshireLive as Port Vale rule out a move for Rams target Dwight Gayle

Port Vale manager Darren Moore has ruled out a move for Derby County transfer target Dwight Gayle.

Gayle has been linked with a surprise move to Vale Park because of the success he enjoyed playing under Moore at West Brom earlier in his career. But Moore has made it clear the free agent striker will not be joining the League One club, as Derby try to complete a deal for the 34-year-old.

“I can understand people linking, you know, in terms of Dwight’s position that he’s in and our time that we spent when we was at West Brom,” Moore told BBC Radio Stoke. “Wonderful human being, a good footballer, can see the fit, what he would be in terms of potentially where fans would probably be putting sums together in terms of here.

“But as a manager, I sit here and say there’s nothing in it really, so I can understand everybody surmising that, but I’m here as a manager to say that’s not the case.”