• EFL concludes club’s losses exceeded permitted amount• Birmingham docked nine points for breaching rulesDerby have been charged by the English
Football League with breaching the financial regulations of the Championship following a review of the controversial sale of Pride Park to the club’s owner, Mel Morris.
Breaches of the regulations can carry heavy penalties; last March Birmingham were docked nine points for exceeding the permitted levels of losses over the three-year period ending in 2017-18. Derby are 17th in the table, 10 points above the drop zone.