Derby County completed the signing of central midfielder Lewis Travis in August 2025.

The 28-year-old arrived at Pride Park Stadium for an undisclosed fee from Blackburn Rovers on a four-year contract.

Travis became the club’s 11th signing of the summer transfer window adding quality, leadership and vast Sky Bet Championship experience to John Eustace’s midfield ranks.

He debuted against Ipswich Town at Portman Road in late August, and was later handed the captain's armband for the duration of the 2025/26 campaign.

The tough-tackling midfielder played five more times - setting up Matt Clarke's equaliser at home to Charlton - before a calf strain ruled him out until the turn of the year.

His first start back saw Travis skipper the Rams to a 1-0 victory over high-flying Preston North End. He was a near ever-present thereafter, missing just one match as Derby took their play-off fight down to the final day.

In total, he featured 30 times across league and cup, passing 300 career appearances in the process.

The majority of his 273 career appearances have been made in the second tier with Blackburn Rovers, whom he joined from Liverpool as a teenager and went on to captain from the start of the 2022/23 season.

He won promotion from League One with Blackburn in 2017/18, while during a loan spell he was also a part of the Ipswich Town side that secured their long-awaited return to the Premier League in 2024.

Born on Merseyside, Travis began his journey with the Liverpool Academy before signing for Blackburn Rovers and soon after, he signed his first professional contract with the Ewood Park club.

After playing regular Premier League 2 football, he made his senior debut during the 2017/18 season, going on to make five league appearances as Blackburn won promotion back to the Championship at the first attempt.

Travis broke through to become a regular starter during the second half of the following campaign as he played 26 league games, while he also scored his first career goal against Norwich City on the penultimate weekend of the season.

He played all-but-three games during the 2019/20 Championship season as Blackburn reestablished themselves as a second tier club and after an injury hit 2020/21 campaign, he played 45 times during 2021/22, which included his first appearance as captain.

The midfielder was appointed as permanent skipper ahead of the next campaign and he continued as a key player, before he joined promotion-chasing Ipswich Town on loan midway through the 2023/24 season.

Automatic promotion was achieved as the Tractor Boys returned to the Premier League after a 22-year absence, before Travis headed back to his parent club as captain once again under Eustace.

He started 37 times as Blackburn challenged for the promotion spots, before making the move to Derby to reunite with his former Head Coach.