Derby County are still within Financial Fair Play guidelines, despite taking their summer spending to a believed £9.5 million following the signing of Burnley captain Jason Shackell.
According to the Derby Telegraph, Derby County are still within Financial Fair Play guidelines despite their summer spending spree.
The report states the Rams have spent roughly £9.5 million on transfers so far this summer, but still sit comfortably within the Financial Fair Play guidelines due to the way the deals have been structured.
All of the deals, including the Jason Shackell transfer, will be paid in instalments spread over several years, which have allowed Derby to maximise their spending power despite the restrictions.
Sean Dyche was very vocal over his disappointment of his captain’s decision to want out of Burnley in order to join Derby in the Lancashire Telegraph, stating the Rams are offering record-breaking contracts to players.
Nevertheless, the report from Derby’s local newspaper makes that scenario very unlikely as the club are still within Financial Fair Play guidelines despite their recent spend.
Did Derby need to up their spending to win promotion?
Alex Pearce, Scott Carson, Darren Bent, Tom Ince, Andreas Weimann, Chris Baird and Shackell are all reputable names in football and will have been assumed to be on big money at the Rams. However, if Derby do go unpunished by the Football League when the accounts are announced, that will prove to not be the case.
What the Rams have added this summer, above all else, is experience to a side that were perhaps a little naive last season going into the last 13 games.
Steve McClaren took his young side to the top of the division with just a couple months of the season left, yet saw them drop down the league and eventually out of the play-offs largely due to the number of goals that were being conceded.
The Derby board have looked to rectify that problem by adding a number of experienced players, like Baird and Shackell, to their squad and experience generally comes with a price.
As long as the finances at the club stay in control, the board are well within their right to increase the budget as they see fit.
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