On the topic of defensive midfielders I saw we were also linked to batista mendy today
https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/football/transfer-news/nottingham-forest-join-everton-valencia-8495363
And we apparently tried to sign Gibbs White who plays in the same position, so there is definitely a desire for a creative attacking midfielder though I also wonder where we plan to play them...
If Derby go out of business they could be available for free in a few weeks, atm we would have to pay a transfer fee, I hope we are in for Knight but makes sense to wait.