Wayne Rooney said that his entire Derby County squad want to stay at the club despite being demoted to League One.
Due to restrictions while they are in administration, Derby can't offer new deals to the five players who are contracted for next season.
Rooney said that it is rare and unique and positive that they all want to stay.
The players love being here.
Rooney has not paid a fee to bring in any players since he took over as Rams boss.
Eric Steele, who worked with Rooney at Manchester United, said the reputation of Rooney would be crucial to rebuilding the club.
Rooney said that players can see himself and his coaches are developing them, not just into better football players but also better people.
The only first-team players at Derby for their return to the third tier of English football for the first time since 1986 are Krystian Bielik, Max Bird, Jason Knight, Louie Sibley and Jack Stretton.
The contracts for their defenders and goalkeepers are up in the summer.
Ryan Allsop and Richard Stearman both want to stay with the Rams.
"Like most of the squad, I still want to be here", said the ex-Leicester City, Wolves andSheffield United defender.
There is a lot to get through for that to happen, the takeover has to be completed and between the manager and staff they need to decide who they want to hang around and then recruit a lot of players.
Allsop hopes to get something sorted with Derby in the summer.
He said that he didn't want that to end and that he had loved his time here.
The sale of the club is dependent on the ability of the Rams and Rooney to piece together a side for next season.
Chris Kirchner was named preferred bidder in April and his attempts to complete the takeover continue.
Rooney admits Derby are not in a position to counter any approaches made for the majority of his players who are out of contract.
Rooney said that he would want to keep most of the players, but he couldn't tell them the salary.
The players who are out of contract, I know there are other clubs sniffing around them and putting salaries in front of them, unfortunately that is what it takes.
Derby City Council is trying to purchase Pride Park from Mel Morris. The claim was not commented on by the council.
The total claim for taxes has gone up, according to the joint administrators at Derby.
In the first six months of administration, Quantuma had costs of 2.1 million.
More than one million dollars has been spent on legal fees, according to figures in the administrators' latest progress report. The sum is higher than anticipated because oftracted sale negotiations and an appeal against the club's points deduction.
Derby were given 3.5 million dollars in November by the finance company to allow them to fulfill their fixtures this season, taking the total amount owed to the American firm to 24 million dollars.
Without money received from MSD, Derby's trading deficit would have been worse. Wages during that time were over 5 million dollars.
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