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EFL approve £60m takeover of Derby County

More pressure is heaped on Phillip Cocu as Abu Dhabi royalty’s takeover bid gains approval from EFL

The have ratified the takeover of by Abu Dhabi royal Sheikh Khaled bin Zayed al Nehayan in a £60m buy-out.

The sale of Derby to the cousin of ‘s billionaire owner Sheikh Mansour was cleared at an EFL meeting on Thursday, according to the Daily Mail.

Zayed Al Nehayan has a long interest in English football but his attempts to buy a £350m controlling stake in United in 2018 failed to come to fruition, as did talks with .

But the takeover of the has faced few roadblocks with current owner Mel Morris and Zayed Al Nehayan working on the smaller details of a deal.

It places more pressure on current manager Phillip Cocu to arrest County’s limp start to the Championship season.

Speculation over a make-or-break result preceded the Rams’ 1-1 draw against fierce rivals Nottingham in late-October.

Two additional 1-1 draws against and , plus a 1-0 defeat to , has done little to lift the gloom surrounding Cocu’s position.

The tether holding Cocu in place under Morris’ watch is the four-year contract handed to the former Eredivisie winner with PSV in 2019, meaning a large compensation package would have to be payable to the Dutchman should he be sacked.

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