The Sheep Shaggers In The Championship With A Tenner In The Bank

[Plymouth red]

So the EFL are getting more involved with the sale of the sheep. Did they get involved with the other teams that got into trouble and disappeared.  Probably not

I read it more as the efl having no faith in the administrator who are actively failing to look at all options to sell club. This feels like last chance saloon

[Mcforest]

So quick update is that CK has said one way or another the money will be with Quantuma today either from this bank transfer that got stuck somewhere in Europe and is taking the financial police 14 days to review (totally never happened) or he will have someone give them the money on his behalf and he will pay them back later. I wouldn't want to be the guy that gives him the first of 3 payments of 24 million.

EFL clubs are asking the EFL to cancel the derby registration for playing in the football leagues if by Friday they cannot show they have funds in place to for fill the full season and not just a month at a time.

[McDurban]

I really do not want to lose Derby County, I hope they get this resolved.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

I really do not want to lose Derby County, I hope they get this resolved.

I do and I hope they don't.

They hate us with a passion and they cheated.

I will be happy to see them gone.

[Sausage Roll]

Oh, wow.

Breaking: Chris Kirchner has withdrawn his bid to buy Derby tonight and is now OUT. CK has notified the EFL that he is regretfully pulling out. Crucial time wasted, and now it’s over to the other interested parties to get a deal done.. #dcfc

~ Percy

[wassy04]

Oh, wow.

Breaking: Chris Kirchner has withdrawn his bid to buy Derby tonight and is now OUT. CK has notified the EFL that he is regretfully pulling out. Crucial time wasted, and now it’s over to the other interested parties to get a deal done.. #dcfc

~ Percy

He must've had a financial backer withdraw or something. It doesn't make sense to have gone this far including exchanging contracts to just pull out. What an odd bloke.

[Plymouth red]

Oh, wow.

Breaking: Chris Kirchner has withdrawn his bid to buy Derby tonight and is now OUT. CK has notified the EFL that he is regretfully pulling out. Crucial time wasted, and now it’s over to the other interested parties to get a deal done.. #dcfc

~ Percy

So where does this leave them. They have until Friday to get something sorted. For those who know more than I do about football club takeovers, how does it work?

[ac_vodka]

Up **** creek with out a paddle I suspect.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

It was obvious to most of us from day 1 this idiot didnt have any real money. How the hell he was allowed to take things so far is the biggest question. Quantuma to be honest deserve to go out of business for their incompetence 3 times over. Some at the EFL need sacking pronto starting with whatever tool passed the fit and proper test and agreed he had funds.

Which rivalries aside leaves a historic football club and many of its employees up the creek. I genuinely hope Ashley does rescue them and in the long term suspect he will be far far better for them anyway.

[Plymouth red]

Up **** creek with out a paddle I suspect.

I keep expecting them to be saved. I keep thinking that a club of this size can't go bust. With all due respect, clubs that have gone bust in recent years had been either circling the drain for a years or been those smaller clubs often overshadowed by bigger neighbours. Look at those sides that have struggled - Coventry, Portsmouth, Bolton - something always came along to stop them going bust

Derby is a one club city. It has a hugely significant history that , with the clough connection, feels too big to lose. Normally something comes along that saves this type of club. But is their time for someone like Ashley to come along and save them.

[wassy04]

Up **** creek with out a paddle I suspect.

I keep expecting them to be saved. I keep thinking that a club of this size can't go bust. With all due respect, clubs that have gone bust in recent years had been either circling the drain for a years or been those smaller clubs often overshadowed by bigger neighbours. Look at those sides that have struggled - Coventry, Portsmouth, Bolton - something always came along to stop them going bust

Derby is a one club city. It has a hugely significant history that , with the clough connection, feels too big to lose. Normally something comes along that saves this type of club. But is their time for someone like Ashley to come along and save them.

21m is the asking price though, gets you 5 players, the fans and the league golden share. 21m to pay off someone else's debts is a lot. Always felt it was a danger that noone would be willing to take that hit.

The Mile Ashley approach makes a lot more sense although sucks for the creditors. Basically pay the lowest possible amount for the club to avoid liquidation and then work with the on the pitch stuff afterwards. 

Be interested to know what that lowest possible amount ends up being though

[ac_vodka]

For the record I hope they do survive.