The Rams ”started the past Championship season with a total of 21 minus points due to a reconstruction, a result of the club's major financial problems.
Derby is coached by the former great player Wayne Rooney who for a while seemed to make a completely incomparable turn of the season.
Despite the gloomy starting position, Derby County picked up 34 points, and had the team not been on minus points before the season, they would have managed to stay in the second highest league by a wide margin.
“I met the leaders of the club to inform about my decision.
They tried extremely hard to get me to change, but I had decided.
My time at the club has been a roller coaster of emotions, but I have enjoyed the challenge, ”Rooney told the club's website.
Derby County's management team did not take the Manchester United profile's decision lightly, as his contract actually ran over next season.
"Those in charge of the club realize that staff and supporters will be frustrated and disappointed by this news, but we wish him all the best in the future," the management wrote on the website.