Derby and it's owners are two separate legal entities and the club has sold an asset to it's owners.

If the Boro boss wants to upset that arrangement then so be it, but he has to accept what flows from that - if he argues that a club and it's owners are to be treated as one entity, he would have to be willing to accept personal liability for his club's debts.

Hell will freeze over before that happens.

Every club would also have to look at the devices they use to boost their income such as owners paying for sponsorship at an above market value. Does that sound familiar? It should.