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Just now, NottsRammy said:

Weird just weird something isnt right on the day the club is saved rooney bolts thru the open door . Has he been pushed for financial reasons is the question . To be fair it has left a stain on his copy book for me . But its neil warnock for me or the return of the son of god nigel clough . 

He was in bed with CK and stretford, today was pretty clear CK won’t be the new owner so he’s left from that, can’t blame him but time to move on

Wonder if this is why LR turned down Blackpool job?

Finally good news this morning then this, Derby will put me in an early grave 

Other bidders still in, surely Clowes have first dibs?

With Clowse bidding today do we think he’s probably already got a price sorted or do we think others may now bid also just for the club?

With a bid going in today how long do we reckon it’ll take to go through? A few weeks? Can we re sign players?

Just now, Animal is a Ram said:

OADT happening too then. Which should be a breeze when we know the calibre of the people that have passed it...

Wonder if he’ll go in with someone 

Just now, Curtains said:

Surely he is. 

I have no idea, just remember when people said he was buying the stadium that he was only worth 100 million, this would half his woth

Surly he’s not wealthy enough 

Does he mean Clowse wants to buy or fund the club for now? 

Was so obvious Mel still wanted to be part some how

9 minutes ago, DCFC1388 said:

So Talksport say its not MA whose deal is very very close & now Chris Coles stating AA bid hasnt been sent to the EFL.

Well we know some bids have been sent to the EFL as confirmed by both Q & EFL so its interesting if the bids havent been submitted by MA or AA, rumoured bids for them 2 hsve been 40-50m so any bids submitted are surely also in this region & better than those offers

Radio Derby said they weren’t happy with some of AA bids didn’t they? So he must of bid

3 minutes ago, Heisenberg said:

Got a link? Or what time it was said?

Saw it on twitter and Facebook. 

Heard talk sport say someone is very close this morning and it’s not Ashley 

13 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

SSN saying they've been told Ashley's bid the lowest of all the bids lodged. Appleby and Morgan still in there.

Well he ain’t getting it then

If either of them have bid 50 million then we will soon see if someone else is pulling the strings, surely they’d have accept offers straight away, was expecting some sort of statement tonight before fixtures come out tomorrow, surely the EFL will have something to say 

2 minutes ago, B4ev6is said:

Look I think he knows the score and I do think he will pay them.

Also as prove he has the money to do it.

We all hope it goes through and fast but I wouldn’t get carried away, all talk at the minute and no evidence it is moving forward! Let’s just hope

Appleby sounds slot more confident than Admins statement on Sunday. .

1 minute ago, ariotofmyown said:

One Direction are buying us?

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4 minutes ago, TexasRam said:

How can there be no progress of someone’s made a bid??? Wtf are they doing 

 

It’s heading in 1 direction and 1 direction only! Actually think Onechop is going to end up being right 

Just now, Tyler Durden said:

I can't remember whom I argued the toss with over the weekend whom maintained that Kirchener was responsible for a 2 month delay in the proceedings, players going out of contract and leaving etc 

I countered that if there was no one else interested in buying the club then the time Kirchener took faffing us around was an irrelevance.....

Was me I think, until now all we’d heard that bids had gone in etc but clearly not, so yes waiting and hoping the CK bid went through was our only hope 

People waiting in the wings for Ck exclusivity to end so they can bid was obviously wrong. A week since no bid nothing, 9 months and further back than we started 

Also doesn’t sound like we are any closer, so depressing 

12 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

 

"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 "

God it sounds like back in September when they first started ?

21 minutes ago, Norman said:

There's many bidders at the table - we aren't going into liquidation,  it just means that this could rumble on for some time. 

There is no point in checking this thread daily (I probs still will) as any major breakthrough is, in my opinion, at least a month away.

I just don’t see how thar would work, 5 players 1/2 probably of them would of been sold, we’d be a week away from the start of the season with no squad potentially no manager, a month like this would be a disaster