I’ve still not seen any of the media address the issue that of Derby are allowed to pay back a reduced amount to creditors (except football creditors) and then potentially buy the ground back for £20m and possibly (given they could still survive) a year’s sabbatical in the Third Division is clearly not a sufficient punishment.
You an argue all you want about the history, how damaging it is to the town, impacts upon the fans, but they simply cannot be allowed to effectively write off £100m plus losses when no other club has been afforded the same benefit.
I feel for the fans to some extent however they don’t seem to realise they’ve had their cake and they are still trying to eat it. There has to be additional conditions attached to the sale meaning all debts must be paid back and the stadium has to be bought for the same price or more than it was sold for, otherwise the club has not been punished.
Unfortunately we all know it won’t happen, they’ll have benefited to the tune of £120m, had a year of pain and then be in a much better financial position than virtually every other club in the Championship - which is preposterous.