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Chesterfield have signed Bolton Wanderers midfielder Joel Randall and Chelsea midfielder Kiano Dyer on season-long loan deals.

Both deals were completed before Tuesday's 23:00 BST transfer deadline.

Former Exeter City and Peterborough man Randall, 26, has scored two goals in 34 league appearances for Wanderers.

England Under-20 international Dyer, 19, has made one senior appearance for the Blues.

Both players could feature for the Spireites in Saturday's home game against Barnet in League Two.

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Millwall midfielder Rafiq Lamptey has joined Chesterfield on a season's loan.

The 19-year-old played in a trial match for the League Two Spireites against Irish side Bohemians last week.

Lamptey, the younger brother of QPR defender Tariq, was on the verge of the Lions' first-team squad last season before suffering a knee injury.

The versatile teenager, who can play at right-back as well as central midfield, signed a long-term contract with Millwall last season.

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Chesterfield have announced the signing of striker Fraser Bryden from Crusaders on a three-year deal.

The 22-year-old netted 23 goals in 36 appearances in the Irish Premiership for the Crues last season, who avoided relegation after beating Annagh United on penalties in the promotion/relegation play-off.

League Two side Chesterfield finished sixth last campaign before being defeated in the play-off semi-final by Notts County.

"I am delighted for Fraser," Caddell said.

"Listen, I knew it would happen. When you have the breakthrough season last year, you always see it coming. We had it with Kieran Offord last year, he was in the same boat.

"Taking Fraser from where he was, not playing a lot or doing a lot and now it has kickstarted his career."

Bryden is the second player to make the move from the north Belfast side across the water this window after Scottish Championship side Dunfermline Athletic signed goalkeeper Musa Dibaga.

Caddell added that losing both players gives him the chance "to add more depth and quality in areas we do not have it" as he aims to avoid another relegation battle this campaign.

"As a club, this is what we are going to have to do. We do not have the finances to maintain these players and keep them and buy whatever players we want," he continued.

"We have to find these rough diamonds and polish them up and help them on to bigger and better things."

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Chesterfield have signed Crusaders striker Fraser Bryden for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract.

The 22-year-old Scot scored 24 goals in 39 appearances for the Irish Premiership side last season.

He could make his Spireites debut in their EFL Cup first round tie at Fleetwood on Saturday, 8 August.

"The facilities are all top-class and I'm just looking forward to getting started on the pitch," he told the club website., external

League One new boys Notts County are in pole position to sign Southend midfielder Leon Chambers-Parillon, 24, with Mansfield and Chesterfield also in the hunt. (Pete O'Rourke, external)

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