Dicky Dosh finally got his man this morning, as Walsall have taken on loan until the end of the season long time target Lee Holmes from Derby County.

The exciting winger has not been able to force his way into the Derby squad in the Premiership so far, although he has been a regular for them in the Championship.

He has been given the squad number 16 ans will go straight into the squad for the game tomorrow, as long as permission is recieved from the Premier League.

Discovered by George Burley a former Derby County and Ipswich Town manager, Holmes made his debut for Derby on Boxing Day 2002 against Grimsby Town and broke the record for the youngest ever Derby player to pull on the famous white shirt. Aged 15 years and 267 days. That season (2002-2003), he also became the youngest player ever to play in the proper rounds of the FA Cup, a record since broken by Luke Freeman of Gillingham.

A loan move to Swindon Town provided him with first team experience inLeague One, with fifteen appearances and one goal.

Holmes has played internationally (for England) up to Under-20 level and signed a three year contract with the Rams. In the summer of 2007 he was invited by the Dutch club NAC Breda for a trial, however the Dutch side didn’t follow up their interest in the midfielder.