Derby have been in the Championship continuously since relegation from the Premier League in 2008The English Football League was warned about Derby County's unusual player registration model 19 months before it issued financial fair play charges "out of the blue" against the Championship club. However, BBC Sport understands he was never contacted by the relevant finance team at the EFL, and Derby were not aware there was any issue with the way it accounts for player registration fees. A spokesman for Derby told BBC Sport the club would "strongly contest" all the charges and reiterated they had done nothing wrong. He confirmed the recent charges imposed by the EFL at had come "out of the blue". The EFL declined to comment to BBC Sport.

Source: BBC January 31, 2020 13:07 UTC