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Good communication for a change - although I wish I hadn't read it!
The only bid we've received that met the 2 criteria laid out has been withdrawn and its getting late in the day now for another - especially as costs keep rising.
We need someone to move quickly with a substantial bid otherwise the EFL will be flexing their muscles ? 

Good communication for a change - although I wish I hadn't read it!
The only bid we've received that met the 2 criteria laid out has been withdrawn and its getting late in the day now for another - especially as costs keep rising.
We need someone to move quickly with a substantial bid otherwise the EFL will be flexing their muscles ? 

Good communication for a change - although I wish I hadn't read it!
The only bid we've received that met the 2 criteria laid out has been withdrawn and its getting late in the day now for another - especially as costs keep rising.
We need someone to move quickly with a substantial bid otherwise the EFL will be flexing their muscles ? 

"Thank you for your email. We also note Trevor Birch’s response on behalf of the EFL.
Firstly, it is very important to state that we absolutely understand the frustration and distress of the fans, particularly since the turn of the year. We receive a huge quantity of correspondence daily and are also aware of the considerable press reporting and social media activity. Clearly, some of the reports have been closer to the truth than others.
Before a sale is finalised, there is an immediate requirement to secure the short-term future of the club, to allow players to be signed, issue season tickets for sale and to secure commercial agreements, as well as our best intentions to bring the uncertainty for staff and supporters to an end as soon as possible.
Once the short-term future of the club is secured, the minimum requirements for a bidder to be referred to the EFL for consideration are:
Bidders to submit offers that pay football creditors in full, pay 25p in the £ to other creditors (or 35p in the £ over 3 years) and propose a suitable solution for the club’s ongoing occupation of the stadium.
If such offers are not received, the next possibility is for offers that pay football creditors in full and propose a suitable solution for the club’s ongoing occupation of the stadium. In this scenario, where less than 25p in the £ is paid to other creditors, a 15-point deduction would be imposed for next season (depending on when a sale completes).
If neither 1) nor 2) is met, then it is unclear what position the EFL will take.
In either scenario 1) or 2) the costs of the administration need to be settled. The vast majority of these costs are the ongoing trading losses that the club sustains on a monthly basis and within that the biggest cost by a distance is payroll and associated costs. The options the administrators had to reduce costs were to make widespread redundancies, sell more first team players in the January transfer window and reduce the club’s Category 1 Academy status. It was decided not to do so in order to maintain the club in as strong a position as possible for a buyer and to give the first the team the best possible chance of avoiding relegation. It has been to date, and remains, extremely challenging managing cash flow each month in what remains a heavily loss-making business. Contrary to speculation Quantuma has not drawn any fees to date. The basis of drawing fees is set out in the joint administrators’ proposals report that was issued in November. It has not changed since, although considerable time costs have been incurred which will not be fully recovered. It is not in Quantuma’s interests financially, to allow the administration to become unnecessarily protracted nor for the companies to be placed into liquidation.
We are having extremely positive and productive discussions with interested parties in relation to the short-term requirements and are confident of those discussions leading to a sale thereafter which will secure the club’s long-term future. We do not, however, believe that imposing ‘hard deadlines’ are the answer at this stage. You will recall that we imposed deadlines earlier in the process which were not adhered to by bidders. We were then heavily criticised for extending those deadlines. In reality, no bids were received that were suitable to be recommended to the EFL for approval i.e. none that fell into category 1 or 2 above. Had we not extended the deadlines the alternative would have been to place the club into liquidation at that stage which no fan wants. We agreed with the EFL that we would report to them once we received a bid that satisfied 1) or 2) above, which Chris Kirchner’s bid did. Now that Mr Kirchner’s bid has been withdrawn, we will again report to the EFL upon receipt of a bid that satisfies 1) or 2).
We are bound by confidentiality agreements and so we cannot release the identities of the parties who have come forward, nor can we release any detail in relation to their interest or bids. However, all interested parties know that it is in their interests to be in situ as soon as possible in order for them to put together a competitive playing squad and secure valuable commercial contracts whilst giving staff and fans certainty for the future. The club does not have the luxury of time, and so, even without hard deadlines, the club’s future must be secured very soon.
Further to the EFL’s statement last week we fully understand their need to ensure that Derby County FC can fulfil its fixtures next season for the integrity of the league competition. As confirmed by Trevor Birch we are having daily calls with the EFL to provide updates on progress and that will continue for as long as is necessary and appropriate. As ever, any prospective owner of Derby County FC will be subject to EFL approval and will be required to satisfy the Owners’ and Directors’ Test. Once funding is confirmed for the duration of the season, we will be able to discuss with the EFL the terms of any business plan. Very positive discussions regarding funding and the sale of the club are ongoing.
Kind regards
Carl Jackson & Andrew Hosking
Joint Administrators of The Derby County Football Club Limited and associated companies "

Second leg on Sky now, what a night

What Birch said was :

"As it stands the administrators of DCFC will need to provide the Board of the EFL with evidence that the club will meet its commitment to the competition for the 22/23 season (including an exit before March 2023) to avoid the club beginning the season but not completing it".

The bit in brackets is a killer. How do we show evidence that we will exit admin before March 2023? The only way is to find a buyer before season starts.  If we don't exit admin before March 2023 that's  breach of EFL poxy unwritten "rules" and they will expel us.  They don't want to do that mid season so they will do it  before season starts.

It’s seems clear from Trevor Birch’s letter that the EFL are trying to show its “public concern” for the situation at Derby whilst trying to put some distance between themselves and the Administrators.
its good to know that we can continue in Administration until March 2023 but in reality with the debt getting bigger each month if we don’t get another owner in place, very soon, we are going to be in serious trouble. 
We need a new owner as soon as possible I hope that once the bids are in and Q select the best deal for the creditors I hope we can move forward very quickly without any of the loosing bidders calling foul and running to the courts.
We cannot afford any delays to the completion of the new owners deal due to any outstanding legal action, we already have experience of that with our friend from Middlesbrough. 
 


 
 

Cos 5 is the figure often quoted in the media.
If its 8 rather than 5, thats hardly any better.  
'Cashin, Watson & Thompson will soon be added to that list too in all likelihood.'  so no currently on the books for next season?
How many of other retained players will be good enough/old enough for anything other than fulfilling fixtures? Wasn't it Rooney that said we needed 40 odd players for next season.
BTW I don't mean to have a go at you, just getting increasingly frustrated with another week gone since Kirchner pulled out and conflicting media stories that ultimately tell us nothing.

Yet according to that Mirror article there's no hurry!