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Derby boss Paul Jewell admits he is "disappointed" Manchester City have declined to help pay the wages of injured on-loan defender Danny Mills.

Former England international Mills joined the Rams on loan until the end of the season on January 4 but suffered a serious knee injury in only his third appearance for the Rams, the 3-1 defeat to Portsmouth.

Mills underwent an operation on Tuesday and he is not expected to return to action this season, dealing Derby another blow in what has been a disastrous campaign.

County, who host Sven-Goran Eriksson's side at Pride Park on Wednesday, contacted City in a bid to cancel the loan or gain help with Mills' salary, but Jewell revealed both requests had been rejected.

He said: "I asked Manchester City if they could help with the wages because we have lost Danny now for the season.

"His wages are quite high but they wouldn't play ball so we have to pay all his wages and at the same time they wouldn't cancel the loan.

"It's a bit disappointing but I guess that's the way people do business."

He added: "I guess it's the Premier League, every man for himself, sometimes you get a little disappointed in the way some people do stuff."

Jewell insists he will have "no axe to grind" come this evening but believes County would have acted differently if they had been put in a similar situation.

He said: "I would like to think that we would have done something. I shouldn't comment on Manchester City but if it was the other way round I think we would like to make some gesture.

"I know Manchester City have to look after their own affairs and that's the way they do it but I would like to think that if it was the other way round, I'm not saying that we would pay it all, but that we would make some contribution.

"You never know, Manchester City might want a favour off us one day."

He added: "I have no axe to grind with Manchester City. Maybe I would like to think in the spirit of the game they might do something.

"In the past it has happened to me, certainly at Wigan, and we have been reasonable."

Meanwhile, Jewell acknowledged the possibility of Giles Barnes leaving Pride Park before Thursday's transfer deadline should their valuation for the midfielder be met.

The Rams have already rejected an offer from Newcastle, while Tottenham have been previously linked with the highly-rated youngster.

He said: "I am very happy to keep Giles Barnes, he has huge potential so I don't see why we should let him go cheaply.

"And if Giles Barnes tells me he doesn't want to go to Newcastle or he doesn't want to go anywhere then I'm very happy to hear that.

"If he tells me he wants to go because it looks like we're going to go down then I have to respect that decision.

"But also, as I have told his agent, he has to respect that just because we might be going down he is not going on the cheap."

I think mills is a Greedy twot , and he should feel ashamed collecting his wages each week.

lil eva