Adam Pearson is confident Nigel Clough remains the man to revive Derby as a force to be reckoned with.
Pearson on Wednesday resigned as Derby's chairman of football and has been tipped for a return to his former club Hull, whose chairman Paul Duffen resigned on Thursday morning.
Pearson, who appointed Clough as Rams boss in January, said: "I have no doubt at all that Nigel, supported by his staff, will go on to be a truly great manager for Derby County Football Club and create his own legacy, in the footsteps of his father [Brian Clough]."
He added: "He is a manager in whom the supporters and board can totally trust with the future of their club,
"It has been an absolute pleasure and privilege to work with Nigel Clough over the past 10 months.
"Under Nigel's management, the wage bill is now under control, the squad size is under control, the academy structure is solid and we have a management team in place who will take the team forward."
Pearson still owns a small number of shares at Derby but, in the short term, that would not affect his expected return to Hull because his holding is less than 10%.
It is understood there are plans in place for Pearson's shares to be taken up by one or more of the other investors.
Chief executive and president Tom Glick will step into Pearson's role.
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when nigel took over derby every 1 said give him time, i said it took him 10 years at burton there is no way the fans of dcfc will give him 2 years never mind 10 and i was right, they all now calling for his head. it takes time to build a great team true, but has nigel got the capabillities, i think he has but he hasnt got time if derby go down he will be out of a job for sure.
re.macelectrical--the money from the 30,000 paying fans goes to feed the fat-cat directors and the over-paid players as football is no longer a sport ,its a business that is just focussed on money,money and more money and in the case of my dear dcfc they have no ambition.please read this nc and prove me wrong
I would love to know where the money goes from 30,000 people every week.Does anybody know that
the answer must be to have a complete clear-out and that would include nigel clough,and before the pro-clough clan jump down my throat,i was one of the first to say we must give him a reasonable chance to turn things round.having said that i now think he has had that time and achieved absolutely nothing.if phil brown is looking for a job bring him back he could not do any worse and would not sign a team of 30 year olds plus others that are younger but cannot do the job.
bring back Billy Davies
adam pearson should have taken nigel clough with him if we keep losing game we will be going down to cola-cola div one , look at notts county and forest and leicester city there are doing better that us
yes we need better manager at this club
The squad and wage bill might be under control but at what price - potential relegation to D1!! Not a sucessful 2 years Pearson but Tom Glick as Chairman of football? Where is the club heading and who and what can stop the downward plunge? Anybody got any answers?
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