Barrowload of salt needed (it is the Athletic after all) ....

According to The Athletic, Quantuma have "spotted a provision" in the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 that allows them to significantly reduce Derby’s debts and render the claims from Middlesbrough and Wycombe irrelevant.

They reportedly proposed a plan to the EFL, which would see the club offer HMRC the same 25% as unsecured creditors and give Middlesbrough and Wycombe nothing.
I'm not changing my "hope" level. Let's wait and see.