sentences:  Curran lost favour after a disagreement with Forest assistant manager Peter Taylor, and made a written transfer request in August 1977, which was accepted.He was loaned out to Bury during October 1977 and eventually switched to Derby County in a £50,000 move the following month.Curran stayed less than a year at Derby, making 26 appearances in Division One scoring two goals before switching for £60,000 to another First Division club Southampton in the summer of 1978.