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Private investment firm Carlisle Capital has made a formal offer to the administrators of Derby to buy the Sky Bet Championship club, according to PA.
Sources close to the firm say it has made a full asking price offer in the region of £28million.
The bid, which is understood to be spearheaded by the firm's vice-president Adam Binnie, has been made fully in the knowledge that the club could face additional liabilities if one or both of the claims against Derby from Middlesbrough and Wycombe are successful.
Private investment firm Carlisle Capital have made a formal offer to buy crisis-stricken Derby
It is understood the offer does not include the club's Pride Park stadium, which is owned by former Rams chairman Mel Morris.
The group walked away after showing initial interest last year but have returned at a time when the club is facing the very real threat of liquidation, having entered administration last September.
The EFL has asked Derby's administrators to produce a funding plan by February 1, saying in a statement on Thursday that by the administrators' own