Derbyshire joins on loan

The Greek club said that the former Blackburn Rovers striker Matt Derbyshire has joined Birmingham City on loan from Olympia Pireaus. He has made just 19 appearances for Olympias last season, scoring 6 goals in a spell that was interrupted by injury and by his loss of form. Olympia announces that an agreement has been reached with Birmingham for the loan of Matt Derbyshire for one year. Derbyshire was left out of the Olympia team by the coach Ernesto Valverde for the friendly match against Roma on Aug 13.

Valverde, who recently returned to the club after a one year absence, signed Derbyshire on loan initially in 2009. The former England under 21 international's highlight during his time in Greece was helping his club to do the double by scoring twice in the Greek Cup final win over AEK Athens.