Barker could make reserves return

The centre-back, who has only started half of the club's 24 Championship matches since his £900,000 arrival at Pride Park in the summer, has missed the last seven games with a thigh problem.His first chance of a return is the reserve-team fixture against Walsall at Alfreton Town's Impact Arena on January 13."We've pencilled him in for that game but he's going to have to train before the end of this week to be ready for that," said manager Nigel Clough.

Source: Team_Talk