Chris Baird and Darren Bent will have their contracts extended by Derby County.
Clauses will be exercised within the players’ contracts to extend their deals with the Rams by a further 12 months, until the summer of 2018.Former Northern Ireland international Baird has made 51 appearances for Derby since joining from West Bromwich Albion in the summer of 2015.
The 35-year-old is capable of playing anywhere across the back four, although the majority of his 35 appearances this season have come at right-back.
Striker Bent, 33, signed a two-year contract in the summer of 2015 following a loan spell from Aston Villa towards the end of the 2014/15 season.
The former England international has scored 13 times this season, just one behind leading goalscorer Tom Ince with two games left to play.
In total, he has made 83 appearances for Derby and scored on 28 occasions.
