Derbys Patrick Bamford heads to finishing school against QPR at Wembley

On-loan striker hopes that after helping secure promotion for the Rams his next move will be back to his parent club, Chelsea, to become the third-choice striker

It is a slightly surreal story and one that Patrick Bamford tells with a smile as the 20-year-old explains how he found out via One Directions Niall Horan that José Mourinho not only knew all about him but had been sending text messages to the singer every time the Chelsea striker scored for Derby County.

Already out on loan at MK Dons when Mourinho returned to Stamford Bridge last summer, Bamford never had chance to speak to the Chelsea manager until he was invited for a meeting a couple of months ago, when the possibility of being the Premier League clubs third-choice striker next season was discussed.

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