A Derby County football fan has penned an open letter to supporters of Wycombe Wanderers pleading with them to have "empathy and understanding" and write to Rob Couhig.

Wycombe Wanderers and Middlesbrough are pursuing legal action against Derby as both clubs claim they lost earnings due to the Ram's Financial Fair Play breaches.

Derby have three potential buyers who are reportedly holding off on any deal due to the risk of having to defend the claims.

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The EFL addressed the situation in a statement last night saying full details of Wycombe's claims have "not yet been received".

Ollie Wright, a Derby fan, has asked Wycombe fans to write to the club and ask them to drop any legal action as there is a "very serious possibility that [Derby County] could die."

He said: "Even if you believe that your club deserves to be paid millions in damages, please think for a moment about the role your club plays in your community and then try to imagine what your life would be like without it.

"If Derby County is liquidated, the social and economic impact on our city and county would be crippling."

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The full letter reads: "I write to you as an ordinary fan of a football club which is on its knees.

"Derby County is in administration and continues to hemorrhage money while its’ administrators grapple with an incredibly difficult situation.

"We’re told that there are potential buyers waiting in the wings, but the mess left behind by our previous owner, Mel Morris, means that concluding a takeover is anything but straightforward.

"Nothing is certain and an institution which has been vital to the fabric of our city and county for well over one hundred years is at serious risk of extinction.

"Morris’ stewardship of our club was in my opinion reckless and ultimately ruinous.

"He spent beyond the club’s means. He gambled with our long-term future, put everything on black and he lost.

"Now, it is fans like us who are left to contemplate the potential for a future without our beloved club, which has been a fixture, passion, frustration and consolation for all of us for as long as we can remember.

"In the end, after protracted legal warfare, it was shown that Morris’ regime had indeed breached financial reporting standards and so punishment, in the form of a points deduction, should follow.

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"The nine-point deduction for financial irregularities, coming on top of the 12-point penalty imposed after Morris placed Derby into administration, effectively condemns the club to relegation this season.

"The EFL has, in any case, applied stringent embargo conditions which have prevented Derby from competing with its rivals in the transfer market.

"Barring a miracle, there will be no escape from this straitjacket and we are going down.

"I am confident in saying that Derby fans pretty much universally accept that Morris was in the wrong and, of course, the club deserved to be punished as a consequence.

"We were absolutely appalled, in particular, when we learned that Morris had left a huge tax bill unpaid.

"We crowdfunded to pay off another shameful unpaid debt, to St John’s Ambulance. But we cannot crowdfund to satisfy HMRC and every other creditor.

"We don’t have the financial power to save our club, as much as we would love to.

"That is why I am asking you to look at our situation with empathy and understanding.

"We know that Morris’ shenanigans had an effect on the Championship and we understand that you will have been gutted with the outcomes of last season, when you were relegated by a single place and point.

"However, at this point, with our club’s future hanging in the balance, I humbly ask you to consider whether your chairman’s decision to threaten to sue our club for financial damages is reasonable or proportionate, when Derby County is at its lowest ebb and at genuine risk of ceasing to exist.

"Mr Couhig will maintain that he is acting in the fans’ interests, in your interests. I ask you to consider whether that is truly the case in this instance.

"Even if you believe that your club deserves to be paid millions in damages, please think for a moment about the role your club plays in your community and then try to imagine what your life would be like without it.

"If Derby County is liquidated, the social and economic impact on our city and county would be crippling.

"I recently polled our supporters and found that 39% said that the crisis at Derby County has impacted on their mental health. 10% said that this impact had been significant.

"Real, ordinary people are being seriously affected by capricious decisions made in boardrooms to which we have no access.

"We are not talking here about the temporary fluctuations of promotion and relegation, as important as they are. We are talking about the very serious possibility that our club could die.

"Please ask yourselves if you would be happy for your chairmen to help send a fellow professional football club into liquidation and, if not, please contact to ask them to reconsider what they are doing.

"Make your views known by writing to the club directly, to your supporters’ trust, or other favoured supporters’ group. It may well be that your club earns promotion this season.

"Even if that does not prove to be the case, it is still clear that in the end, properly-run clubs will always prosper.

"All we are hoping for is the opportunity for new owners to take on Derby County and run the club in an honourable, sustainable way, putting the Morris era firmly behind us. Yours sincerely, Ollie Wright."