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Derby County: EFL asks for proof of how club will be funded for rest of season https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59995698
Right, I need to start banging the drum about this and spread the word about how shit this whole situation is. The news articles seem to buried in the lower ends of the news feeds on most outlets, but I fear without intervention or more publicity about what is happening that we’ll cease to exist before the end of the season.
Latest summary from our administrators:
3 bids on the table, exit strategy in place and ready to go. However, EFL are deciding that claims from Boro (for their failed attempt to get into playoffs two years ago) and Wycombe (relegated 2 places below Derby last season - note that Rotherham are not taking legal proceedings despite being the team that would’ve survived if we went down) need to be settled before they entertain any of these plans to get out of admin.
Basically they’re changing the rules and also not complying with law to make sure we get punished. We’re hamstrung by them and the only way out seems to be settling these financially (when we would easily win any legal proceedings) by paying them as football creditors.
This action could easily be the end of the club and cost thousands of jobs (both within club and the wider community that rely on it).
I appreciate that the reason the club is in this place is due to misdemeanours and discrepancies of the last owner, but we’ve taken points sanctions on the chin and battled back to have some sort of chance at safety. Plus we’ve been under various transfer embargoes for 3 seasons now and are now being told to accept low ball offers for players and not allowed to replace them with anybody.
Money has ruined football. My eldest son is currently obsessed with football and I’ve been lucky enough to get him interested in Derby (he also follows Arsenal and likes Son and Kane at Spuds). Now I don’t know if I’ll ever get the pleasure of taking him to a Derby match so we can cheer on the team together.