Middlesbrough accuse Derby County of 'cheating' amid legal battle and administration turmoil
Middlesbrough have released a strong statement to address ‘ill-informed speculation’ regarding their league case against Derby County.
Boro launched legal action against Derby after The Rams secured a 2018-19 Championship play-off place at their expense. They claimed Derby were ‘cheating’ under the EFL’s profit and sustainability rules.
Wycombe Wanderers also launched a case following their relegation last season.
Derby have since admitted breaches of profitability and sustainability rules relating to the £81million sale of Pride Park to their former owner Mel Morris, resulting in a points deduction.
The Rams are now in administration and an EFL statement claims that potential buyers ‘appear unwilling to assume the risk of defending’ the legal cases against the club. Derby’s administration and EFL membership status is at serious risk without a willing buyer.
Part of the EFL statement read: “The EFL is keen to try and resolve the current impasse.
"The EFL invited each of the Administrators, Middlesbrough FC, and Wycombe Wanderers to make submissions on this point last week, and we are now in the process of reviewing those submissions with a view to identifying a route to resolve the conflict which exists between the respective positions of, on the one hand, Derby County, and on the other Middlesbrough and Wycombe Wanderers.”