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Andy King has revealed why he chose to sign for Derby County over Nottingham Forest.

The Leicester City midfielder made his debut for the Rams in Saturday's 2-0 victory over Hull, coming off the bench nine minutes from time.

King looked assured in his first League outing of the season having failed to feature in the top flight under City boss Claude Puel, helping Frank Lampard's side see out a win that keeps them on the verge of the Championship play-off places.

There was interest in the 30-year-old from Nottingham Forest before he put pen to paper on a loan deal until the end of the season with Derby on deadline day - and he's outlined his reasons for moving to Pride Park over their fierce rivals down the A52.

"It is a tough one," he replied when the question was posed to him.

"I think the Leicester Forest rivalry was a little more (than the Derby versus Leicester rivalry) and always something I was going to be sensitive of.

"As it stands, Derby are in a better position, and maybe play a style of football which is maybe more suited to how I want to play.

"I spent years at Chelsea as a kid watching the manager play, so that was a big pull for me as well.

"Forest is a great club, also, a massive club but the odds were probably just stacked in Derby's favour the minute I knew they were interested."