Derby County: Takeover| Liquidation| Transfer news| News now

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Derby County: Takeover| Liquidation| Transfer news| News now

Derby County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football, but, after being relegated in April 2022, will compete in League One in the 2022–23 season. The Derby has played its home matches at Pride Park Stadium since 1997.

Takeover

Chris Kirchner’s attempt to buy the financially stricken club Derby County is in danger of collapsing, despite American confidence the takeover will take place.

The businessman was named as the preferred bidder to take the club out of administration on 6 April.

BBC Sport is told that Kirchner expects the deal to be done today.

BBC Radio Derby reports that the money promised by the 34-year-old to pay Ram’s salary for May has not arrived.

Those wages are believed to have been paid by someone close to the club.

The English Football League conditionally approved the takeover when contracts for the sale of the club were exchanged on 17 May.

At the time, the EFL stated that the “terms of the membership agreement” had been agreed with the American 9CK Sports Holdings Limited Company to allow the sale of the club.

Derby administrator Quantuma said the acquisition was conditional on the sale of Derby’s Pride Park home ground, which is still owned by former majority shareholder Mel Morris.

Meetings between Kirchner, his representatives, Morris and Derby City Council, who have said they are exploring options to buy the land, have failed to resolve the issue.

Liquidation

Sept and desperately looking for a new buyer. They have also been under a transfer ban since the summer and a 21-point handicap handed down this season has seen them face relegation to the third tier.

Tuesday was the EFL’s deadline for an update from the Derby’s administrators, Quantuma, regarding potential buyers or evidence that they can complete their fixtures for the rest of the campaign.

But according to the EFL’s latest update, the club, which was formed in 1884, remains in danger of going into liquidation.

Transfer news

Derby County have lost to Stoke City in the race to sign veteran Championship defender Aidan Flint.

The no-nonsense centre-half are looking for a new club after ending a three-year association with the Welsh capital, following the announcement of his departure from Cardiff City this summer. The 32-year-old has a wealth of football league experience having played for Swindon Town, Bristol City, Middlesbrough and the Bluebirds.

Wayne Rooney has been strongly linked with interest in moving the centre-half to Pride Park and Flint is discussing a deal to join the League One side, although the Rams are yet to confirm any arrivals from Chris Kirchner. Awaiting confirmation of the acquisition of K Club.

But, according to journalist Alan Nixon, Michael O’Neill is ready to get his man as the club “hurry” through a deal to keep the player in the championship.

News now

Derby County takeover updates blog from Derbyshire Live.

We’ll keep you up to date with all the latest information on Pride Park as a deal is yet to be finalized to get the victim Rams out of administration.

Chris Kirchner is the preferred bidder, but he hasn’t closed the transaction yet, which worries supporters.

Derby has been in administration since September, when Mel Morris moved in to hire commercial advisory firm Quantum to oversee the club’s affairs.

With less than two months left for the new season to begin, manager Wayne Rooney needs the clarity and tools to be able to rebuild the Rams.

They only have five players under contract beyond the end of this summer and the club are in a real mess after being relegated to League One.