With the season a few days away, Derby still have not got a sale sorted out, have still not reached agreement with the EFL to sign players (some more linked with moves away) and have given players contracts to sign (so they can play on Saturday) with the wages box left blank!

They have had 8 or 9 free agents training with them for weeks or months - most of them past it or trouble - but are operating under an EFL squad and salary cap that makes their chances of adding them to the squad remote.

At least Rooney hasn't put any of them on the treatment table with ruptured ligaments for the next 3 months - like Jason Knight.

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/spo...g-fans-5744484

https://the72.co.uk/244027/alan-nixo...line-tomorrow/

https://www.thesportsman.com/article...oid-relegation

Mind you, after FFP abuses and snowgate, I will take more than that to make me feel sorry for them!