“Finally!” – Derby County fan pundit reacts to massive Chris Kirchner breakthrough

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American businessman Chris Kirchner has been named as the preferred bidder by Derby County’s administrators Quantuma. 

The Rams have been in administration for over six months and now, finally, a preferred bidder has been named by their administrators.

In a statement, Carl Jackson, joint administrator said he was glad to have reached a ‘significant’ milestone.

“We are delighted to be able to name Mr Kirchner as preferred bidder, which the Joint Administrators consider represents the best deal for creditors and one which will secure the long-term future of the Club,” read the statement, via DerbyshireLive.

“The naming of our preferred bidder represents a significant milestone in the administration and we look forward to working with Mr Kirchner and his team to complete the sale of the Club.”

With that said, we asked FLW’s Derby County fan pundit Jason Straw for his thoughts on the news that Chris Kirchner had been named the preferred bidder by Quantuma.

“Finally! After six long months, a preferred bidder has been named at Derby County in the form of Chris Kirchner.” Jason told FLW.

“It’s difficult to know what to feel at this moment in time with the news just dropping.”

“He was a front-runner, very vocal on social media, very vocal about what he wanted to do for Derby County, and there was hurdles in the way and he obviously pulled out just before Christmas stating that the deal just wasn’t viable.”

“We know he’s obviously been involved in discussions trying to take over Preston, they fell away last week,