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TAKEOVER ADDS TO COCU UNCERTAINTY

By Chris Dunlavy

STRUGGLING: Derby manager Phillip Cocu
PICTURE: PA Images

BELEAGUERED Derby County manager Phillip Cocu is facing an uncertain future after Rams owner Mel Morris agreed to sell the club to Derventio Holdings.
Pre-weekend, the Dutchman had won just one match all season and defeat to QPR on Wednesday left Derby second from bottom of the Championship.
Cocu - currently self-isolating due to Covid-19 - survived showdown talks with the current board on Thursday afternoon, but is not expected to last beyond the upcoming international break as the new owners prepare to appoint t...

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