Appeal over 12-point deduction also dismissed by EFLWayne Rooney’s side now bottom of table with -3 pointsDerby County have been deducted a further nine points after admitting to breaches of the EFL’s profitability and sustainability rules over the £81m sale of Pride Park to former owner Mel Morris, taking their total deductions this season to 21 points.
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The club’s administrators confirmed on Tuesday that they have agreed the deduction with the EFL, plus a further suspended three points. The decision brings to an end a long-running saga of nearly two years, after Derby were initially charged in January 2020. A statement on Derby’s website also confirmed that their appeal against a 12-point deduction for entering administration has been dismissed, leaving them facing relegation to the third tier for the first time since the mid-1980s.