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So we have spent £12.3m but surely we earned £60m from the play-off final and haven't the new owners of the club pumped in £50m? By our estimation after paying off bank debts, promotion bonuses and other incidentals there may be around £50m left for rebuilding the team etc, just how much of that is for spending is not known.
The parachute payments only come into effect when the team is relegated to the Championship and last for two years, so at least £12m should be available for team building if we use next years parachute payment in advance, plus any further money gained from player sales.
Sales of Kenny Miller and Giles Barnes could raise between £5m to £7m, other sales may realise another £1 to £2m, so a grand total of £20m for a complete re-build of the Rams side for 2008-09 season. Will that be enough for around 10 to 14 players rumoured to be needed ?
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We realise that the powers that be at Derby County will never reveal just how much they have to spend, as this would prompt a massive rising in the price of any player we cared to look over during the last parts of this season and the summer months. Hopefully Paul Jewell will come good on his promise to give the fans the team they deserve...