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Liverpool and Manchester United targeting Derby forward Kaide Gordon; Championship side understood to want more than £2m for 16-year-old; Derby expected to sell academy talent to ease financial troubles

Friday 15 January 2021 10:14, UK

Image:Kaide Gordon made his Derby debut in December

"I brought Kaide up with the first-team initially to train with us for a week to see how he reacted to it, and he was one of the best trainers," Rooney said after Gordon's debut.

"I kept him with us for a couple of weeks and he's been training at the same level - if not to a better level - than a lot of the other [first-team] players."

Derby are involved in a protracted takeover saga and a number of the club's Moor Farm Academy players are expected to be sold over the next fortnight to raise the funds needed to keep the club running.

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Derby's Curtis Davies says he welcomes extra coronavirus testing in the EFL as it will bring further reassurance for the players

Sky Sports News has been told that - even though Derby's most senior players have not received a penny of their salaries since the end of November - club officials are confident those overdue wages will be paid in full in the next few days.

Derby chief executive Stephen Pearce has insisted there are no problems with the takeover of the club by Dubai-based Derventio Holdings and that the financial issues are just a matter of unfortunate timing.

However, a further potential problem for Derby is that, in their current plight, they are unlikely to qualify for the rescue loans offered by the Premier League following the coronavirus pandemic.

This could be a serious issue if there are any further delays in the money coming forward from Sheikh Khaled's consortium.

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Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Sheffield Wednesday and Derby County on New Year's Day

Any Championship club in financial difficulty this season is entitled to claim up to £8.3m in loans, which must be paid back by 2024. But the small print in the rules says that the EFL will deny any application from a club which is currently - or likely to be - in breach of the EFL rules.

Any club which fails to pay its players could be in breach of those regulations. While Derby await a resolution in the takeover saga, it is thought Morris is still funding the club to the tune of £7m a month.

The EFL will not comment on confidential financial or takeover issues at its member clubs but has confirmed it is working with the Professional Footballers' Association in trying to address the issues at Derby.

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