Derby County aren't accepting their 12 point deduction without a fight.

The Sun says Wayne Rooney's Derby County and the EFL are at war in a fight over a 12-point penalty for going into administration.

The Rams are lodging an appeal against the fixed amount that is normally handed out for the 'offence' of taking this drastic financial step.

The defence will centre on former owner Mel Morris' claim their troubles were caused by Covid hitting their gate money.

And now the EFL are demanding that Derby show them their books for the last SIX YEARS to see if they have a case.

The appeal, which will cost the administrators around £300,000 in legal fees, will rock football as Derby bid to get the amount of points deducted reduced to six — HALF the standard penalty.