Derby “saviour” narrowly avoids a fine for parading excessively showy motor
As a team desperately attempting to claw back some dignity from this season by at least finishing with points in double figures, times are hard at Derby County. Things weren’t helped this week when their preening new midfielder Robbie Savage rolled up to training in his brand new £160k Mercedes. Players and staff who face cutbacks and unemployment in the coming months as Derby return to a Championship budget failed to gasp in wonder at Savage’s good fortune.
When Sunderland were relegated in 2003, Michael Gray was stripped of two weeks’ wages and the captaincy after showing up to training in a Ferrari. Surprisingly, Savage, who also owns a Bentley, a Range Rover and a Lamborghini, has escaped criticism for his grotesque, loads-a-money gesture









