Rooney, 34, has played an active part in boss Phillip Cocu's tactical discussions and has won immediate admiration from the Rams squad for how he has played - and behaved - during his stint at the club.
EXCLUSIVE BY SAMI MOKBEL AND ADRIAN KAJUMBA: Sportsmail understands the Rams board want the squad to forgo half of their pay, which would be paid back at a later date.
EXCLUSIVE BY SAMI MOKBEL: Sportsmail exclusively revealed how Rooney was acting on behalf of the squad in their battle against proposals to impose a 50 per cent wage deferral.
Sportsmail revealed last week that former England skipper Rooney was at the centre of tense talks with the Championship side, who had proposed 50 per cent wage deferrals to protect the club.
Derby County's first-team players and management have reached the end of their dramatic stand-off with the club by agreeing 'substantial' deferrals to their wages to help the Championship side.
Rooney joined Derby County on an 18-month player-coach contract from MLS side DC United in January and was working closely with the club's first-team coaching staff before the coronavirus outbreak.
Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori has lauded manager Frank Lampard for giving him the confidence to emerge as one the club's breakthrough stars this season.
Bennett, who has been on loan at Millwall since January, was involved in a drunken car crash back in September with three Derby team-mates has infuriated the club's fans once again.
Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day talk about various economic aspects of the pandemic
Business Standard opinion pieces for the day talk about the fiscal and other aspects of the pandemic.
Covid-19 continues in different parts of the world, including India. Among other things, the pandemic has significantly affected global financial markets
Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day talk about various aspects of the pandemic
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Government aims to take strategic crude oil reserve capacity to 15.33 MMT with two new facilities
More spends on the infrastructure & agriculture will put India on the growth path in the future
The fact that impact of demonetisation will not spill over to the next year augur well for industry
However, there are no significant steps for enabling access of feedstock to petrochemicals industry
Knowledge-driven services for agriculture can bring a revolution in the way farming is practiced
Domestic industry says it encourages imports with all duties such as BCD, CVD, etc being waived off
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Investment in electronics sector will trigger an inspection & assembly related market for robots
Budget's fiscal consolidation efforts will lead to stable economic growth of the country
Rs 10 lakh crores as credit to farmers is a good news for the agri and allied sector players
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