Derby County unable to pay players' wages (Sky Sports News)

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Derby unable to pay first team in full amid doubts over club takeover​

Most of Derby's first-team squad only paid half of their pay in December; Club struggling with a major cash flow problem after delays to the proposed takeover by Sheikh Khaled's Derventio Holdings; club CEO Stephen Pearce has apologised to Wayne Rooney and the players​

18:58, UK, Wednesday 13 January 2021

Image:Most of Derby's first-team squad have received only half of their December wages

Derby County's chief executive has told the first-team squad that the club is unable to currently afford to pay them their outstanding wages from December, but is working to address the problem.
Most of Derby's first-team squad were only paid 50 per cent of the money that was due to them on December 15 and were told the rest would be paid in full, together with their current month's wages, on January 15.
But, repeated delays in the protracted takeover by Sheikh Khaled's Derventio Holdings has meant the club has a major cash flow problem.

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After a number of missed deadlines, it had been hoped that the deal would be concluded on Tuesday night, but the purchase of the club remains incomplete.
Sky Sports News has been told that there is a legally binding agreement between the two parties for the sale of the club.
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Image:Interim boss Wayne Rooney and the players met with club CEO Stephen Pearce to discuss the issue on Wednesday
But, without the purchase fee and associated money being paid, the deal cannot be concluded, and current owner Mel Morris is continuing to fund the wages shortfall from his other business dealings.
On Wednesday, club CEO Stephen Pearce called the players and interim boss Wayne Rooney together at the training ground and apologised for the ongoing problems, and promised to keep them informed of developments.

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Imageerby's takeover by Sheikh Khaled's Derventio Holdings appears to have stalled for the time being
In December, both sides involved in the buy-out said a deal was still on track, but nothing has been said publicly since.
It leaves Derby in further turmoil, following the coronavirus outbreak which forced them to close their training ground last week, and field a team of junior players in the FA Cup defeat to Chorley.

 

[Leopold]

Some of the predicaments Clubs find themselves in down there with the money flying around is utterly pathetic.

 

[Vallance]

Should give themselves a Sheik.
Get them paid !

 

[Conlig Loyal]

Should give themselves a Sheik.
Get them paid !

 

[Langland]

Should give themselves a Sheik.
Get them paid !

Qatar atmosphere with a knife after that gag.

 

[Conlig Loyal]

Qatar atmosphere with a knife after that gag.

Kuwait till you see his next one.
Oman, it'll be bad.

 

[Langland]

Qatar atmosphere with a knife after that gag.

They've no Do, -Ha!

 

[Vallance]

Kuwait till you see his next one.
Oman, it'll be bad.

Oil do the bad jokes !

 

[Yer da]

Any decent players we can pinch on the cheap?

 

[Battlefield Bear]

Oil do the bad jokes !

If Iraq my brain I'll come up with another one.

 

[noops12345]

Any decent players we can pinch on the cheap?

No, there's a gulf in class

 

[Bearskin]

Camel long guys, there must be more puns than what we've had so far?

 

[Langland]

They're pumped.

RIP to my attempt at an 'UAE'dnae believe it' pun.

 

[abitoverdressed]

I'm sure they have to be promoted because they will fail FFP if they stay in the Champo. Wazza on over £100k a week (as a coach to avoid further FFP incursion) in the Championship is madness

 

[Conlig Loyal]

Oil do the bad jokes !

Now yemen-tion it, there's a deep well of bad jokes to pick from.

 

[BSPECIAL]

Wonder how much they are wasting on wayne rooney?

 

[Langland]

Now yemen-tion it, there's a deep well of bad jokes to pick from.

Too good!

 

[Conlig Loyal]

They're pumped.

RIP to my attempt at an 'UAE'dnae believe it' pun.

There's no need to be crude.

 

[Rangerdanger]

Iran out of here

 

[Vallance]

Now yemen-tion it, there's a deep well of bad jokes to pick from.

My humour has deserted me.

 

[charlie_snowball]

They should go on Desert Strike.

 

[Benny0812]

My humour has deserted me.

And its a Dubai from you

 

[Conlig Loyal]

Iran out of here

And we're glad to be Riyadh of ya.

 

[Conlig Loyal]

We better stop these puns. We'll only Mecca an arse of ourselves.

 

[Scotstounbluenose]

If Iraq my brain I'll come up with another one.

Yeman

 

[Forza_Napoli]

Any club that pays 9 million for waghorn deserves everything that they get

 

[Burton blue]

Some of the predicaments Clubs find themselves in down there with the money flying around is utterly pathetic.

Not the first time the club has had to delay paying players wages it happened last year under the previous owner

 

[And Goram. Again]

Some of these are sunreal.

 

[Leo_Ger]

Should bid for one of their players, just to rock the casbah.

 

[Batigol]

Generally doesn't end well from this situation and that's in non-COVID times.

 

[TheWorks]

That in Sultan (of Brunei)

 

[Vallance]

I hope Derby don't go through a Bahrain spell.

 

[Brother Crockett]

Some Sheik thought they were buying A Ram Coy. Didn't realize it was Derby

 

[Cardendenger]

Surely the players Kuwait a few weeks on the money

 

[arnietac1]

The sheikh thought everything would be "sunni" in the garden but it has all turned to "shiite." No bottomless "well" of money so "oil" is not good.

 

[asialoyal]

Crazy position for them to be in considering the money they have had from Sky.
Feel sorry for their real supporters.
It will only get worse I would imagine when they are basically being bought as a soft propaganda tool.

 

[FHFB]

Think they've been in de nile, was it a pyramid scheme, they're notorious for being unPharaoh, hope the squad stick together Aswan but it looks like the cash has Tehran out.

 

[mkgers]

Some Sheik thought they were buying A Ram Coy. Didn't realize it was Derby

I betihad some idea who he was buying

 

[Langland]

The sheikh thought everything would be "sunni" in the garden but it has all turned to "shiite." No bottomless "well" of money so "oil" is not good.

It's a load of Shi'ite.

 

[Wugs]

 

[honeycandyapples]

It's a load of Shi'ite.

Looks like they will have to go to the bottom of the pyramid and start again

 

[Arkanoid]

I don't care what anyone says or what promises are made, I don't want any Arab investment unless it is a bluenose who has struck rich working in the oil Industry. Something always goes wrong!
Feel sorry for Waghorn!

 

[LetsGo]

Oh man, these puns are terrible.

 

[Carlton The Bear]

Some of the predicaments Clubs find themselves in down there with the money flying around is utterly pathetic.

The Viv Nicholson School of Economics, by the looks of it.

 

[Langland]

Looks like they will have to go to the bottom of the pyramid and start again

'Giza break', says the Chairman. There's Khufu pounds in the bank.

 

[Langland]

Oh man, these puns are terrible.

See what you did there.

 

[brain]

Time to make them an offer they can’t refuse for Graeme Shinnie?

 

[alba73]

Jim White will be on the case tomorrow and speak to his good friend Mel Morris

 

[govan86]

The wages are Dubai the end of the month

 

[Empire]

Should bid for one of their players, just to rock the casbah.

Bring home Waggy.