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Derby County are poised for a summer of change, with the club set to move into League One and the hope being that a takeover will also go through in the coming months.

The Rams have endured a testing campaign having been in administration since last September, operating under a transfer embargo and being handicapped by 21 points for two separate offences. It was always going to give Wayne Rooney's side a mountain to climb as they looked to stay in the Championship and so it proved, with the side relegated with three matches to spare.

With the club's fate now sealed, attentions are turning to what kind of squad Rooney will have to work with in the third tier next season.

He has previously said that he is committed to the club as long as a takeover gets rubber-stamped. American businessman Chris Kirchner is in the process of buying the stricken club, but his period of exclusivity ends on May 7.

A big concern for Derby fans is a mass departure in the summer, with club captain Tom Lawrence one of many whose contracts expire shortly. Rooney has now given an update on the possibility of keeping the 28-year-old at the club.

He said: "He (Lawrence) wants to be here but as we have said there are other clubs who are in for him