JimmyDCFC1

Possibility of Matlock friendly to be added as Clowes Dev are their shirt sponsor? Do feel we owe a debt to our smaller neighbours who have been championing our cause which I'd like to see repaid over the next few years. 

He could offer to build an extension to their car park - I hear they sell it out regularly. 

How hard can it be to tippex out Chris Kerchner and write in David Clowes. Jeez it ain’t rocket science.

I have no idea how much he has. You could Google it, but again it wouldn't necessarily tell us an accurate figure. In 2018 he was listed as being worth £252mil, how accurate that is I have no idea, but my hypothesis for the deal, and his motivation, is this...
Whoever buys Derby County will be buying a club that has to operate under restrictions for the next couple of years at least. That includes how much we can spend on wages and transfer fees. In League One, in theory, it should mean that with our revenue we will be able to be self-sufficient. We can start to look to build again without having the possibility of forking out extortionate amounts. We can give longer contracts than 12 months to players, so if we can recruit another Luke Plange or Malcolm Ebiowei, like we have managed to do whilst already under restrictions, then they aren't going to be poached off of us without our say so. If we choose to sell them, we get a fee to benefit us.
Meanwhile, while we're repairing ourselves and improving, we become much more of an attractive prospect to a more ambitious buyer. We won't have the debts, we won't have the admin fees, we won't have a loan against Pride Park that essentially blocks any sale for however long.
If Clowes doesn't have the funds to keep us beyond our restricted period, I doubt he'd have anywhere near as much trouble selling us. And comparatively, he would still own a stadium that he's bought for a pretty decent price, and could use his business expertise to make a profit on. He also would have saved the Club he's loved his whole life without denting his *reported* net worth much at all.
I think if Clowes wanted the Club for himself indefinitely, he would have entered the game a lot sooner. But he's in because Derby County dying is simply not an option, and if spending a portion of his wealth on us for a couple of years whilst we heal is the price it costs, then I think he's only doing what 95% of us would also do if we had his level of wealth.

Totally agree with you, low budget and sustainable has got to be the way forward for us after everything that’s come. In a way, it’s probably got to shadow the Nigel Clough years. 
Maybe he could be persuaded back in some capacity? Even if it’s just to cause a meltdown on this forum. 

Oh just f****n leave us alone you sad pathetic excuse of a newspaper.

Well what got me was his delight that we got relegated. Am I allowed to show my delight that Wycombe didn't get promoted?  

If he thinks that derby fans going to forgive and gibson he got it coming to him we dont forget or forgive.

He’s a property developer. Just watch PP plaza fly up now.

Can’t believe THIS …. Sent my dad the SSN tweet and he came back and said “yeah I was talking to someone yesterday at my golf club and they said it’s close”.
The one time I could of been ITK and he didn’t even bother to tell me!!! 

Rescue bid as in funding for this season only? Nixon has no clue.

You need to pore over that post to check the spelling.....

I think we’d all agree they’ve done a great job. I personally have been pleasantly surprised at how quickly things have moved forward - just like they said we fans would be a few months ago.

Some saying that DCFC, a League 1 club, is not worth £50m. All I will say is that owning that badge is priceless.

Fair play to the girl, If she's heard from a friend then go for it, You wouldn't catch me posting stuff from something a friend said

Rock solid. BBC Journo.

Just needs to upgrade it to incredible and we’re good to go 

Is there some sort of independent regulatory body that can investigate Quantuma's involvement here. It appears to have been an absolute shambles.

Quite.

Kirchner now desperate to update the BBC reporter :

Ok. Admission time. This is getting to me now. Not knowing whether I'll have a club to support let alone a ground to watch them in is eating at me.
And may I add that I'm a (fairly) well balanced individual with supportive partner, immediate and larger family, decent job and income etc. Football is not my life.
Others are not in my situation and I know that the rams are pretty much all they have. I have huge concerns that the cloudiness surrounding the club is having a hugely detrimental impact on a large number of people.