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.

The wife of Wayne Rooney, 34, and wife of Jamie Vardy, 38, are said to be holding an arbitration hearing via Zoom in a bid to avoid an expensive court case.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Nathan Trott, a 20-year-old goalkeeper on the books at West Ham, could have played in the biggest match of his life at the weekend.

Andy Murray is taking the anti-ageing drug collagen in his battle to return to the top in tennis following hip surgery.

Andy Murray came up short when playing his first world top five opponent in well over two years, but was still heartened by the latest stage of his singles comeback.

Rather than congratulate Rafael Nadal for his recent wedding, Kyrgios posted a video to Instagram of him hitting the ball at the Spaniard's body during a Wimbledon match in July.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Thwarted from joining Wimbledon's exclusive Croquet And Lawn Tennis Club, John Bercow has enjoyed the consolation of three overseas jaunts.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: The fate of Wimbledon will be decided by the Government but it is understood that there is extreme reluctance in SW19 to hold their iconic event without spectators.

A fried chicken shop near Europe's busiest railway station has been shut down after horrified inspectors found raw sewage in the kitchen sink, pouring in from broken drain pipes.

FA bosses are ready to offer the use of Wembley Stadium in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

EXCLUSIVE BY SAMI MOKBEL: AFC Wimbledon are set to become the next EFL club to furlough their footballing staff, Sportsmail understands.

British tennis pulled together a £20million bailout package on Friday night, as the governing body put its considerable financial muscle behind the sport's survival efforts.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: It's a crowded field but perhaps the most risible intervention in the stand-off between clubs and players this week came from Dr Erkut Sogut.

Next month Asda will eliminate single-use carrier bags from its online operations, becoming the first UK supermarket to do so. The move will save 85 million plastic bags every year.

The incident is believed to have happened at a supermarket in Dagenham, east London and was shared by thousands of people online today.

A gang of young thugs on bikes terrorised customers on a rampage they filmed. One of the yobs punched a shopper in Asda in Brighton, and wrestled with an elderly lady as she tried to call for security.

A man in his 20s has staggered into an Asda store in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire with knife wounds to his face and back after he was attacked at 4.30am on Thursday.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Lauren Howard, 17, of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, said she felt sick after discovering what was at the bottom of her Asda juice carton.

An impressed mother took to Facebook's Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group to rave about the Little Angels Bedtime Massage Mist, which costs only £1.27 from the supermarket.

Asda is to start selling avocados using plant-based Apeel coating in the New Year. Apeel is made from natural plant-derived materials and water, making it vegan and harmless to eat.

Rosemarie Riley (pictured) had popped out to the Asda superstore in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, to pick up a few essentials on Tuesday afternoon, which is when she made her x-rated mistake.

Analysis suggests the cheapest unleaded petrol is found at a Costco warehouse in Manchester - at 115.7p per litre. The most expensive is at a motorway service station on the M4 in West London.

Panic buyers have cleared the shelves of supermarkets bare as they rushed to stock up while Britain goes through a coronavirus crisis.

Jordan Archer (pictured), 18, Blyth, Northumberland, pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving, having no insurance and driving otherwise in accordance with a licence.

People from across the world have taken to Instagram with creative snaps of outfits they've made using shopping bags as part of a new viral challenge.

The fashion and homeware store went bust last month after it failed to raise emergency cash from its owners, becoming the first household name to fall victim to the coronavirus lockdown.

Sales at the US lingerie business have suffered as shoppers shy away from the brand, which is embodied by the scantily clad models who perform in its annual show.

The move by Citadel suggests Britain's supermarket chains might not be immune to the coronavirus outbreak, even though their shares have held firm so far.

Tim Alderslade, the chief executive of industry body Airlines UK, wrote to Chancellor Rishi Sunak, saying that carriers will face a 'renewed cash crisis' if the job support scheme is withdrawn.

Though it is one of the largest lenders to small and medium-sized firms, it has only approved a tiny percentage of loans made under the Government's Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.

Chief exec Steve Rowe (pictured) will still take his full £810,000 salary plus bonuses this year despite asking long-suffering savers and the taxpayer to prop up the ailing business.

Firms are accusing each other of 'profiteering' from the pandemic. An estate agency in the Lake District sparked a debate after it said it had completed a viewing on a £1.25m home.

Sam Fischer spent £479,000 exercising options to buy 28,000 shares at 1709p. He later sold the stock at 2663p, netting £267,000. Diageo's market value has fallen 14 per cent this year.

Alexis Sanchez agreed to a new Arsenal contract before staging a last minute U-turn, according to the club's former transfer negotiator Dick Law.

Antonio Conte is pushing his Inter Milan bosses to pursue a deal for Manchester United flop Alexis Sanchez. However the Chilean's huge wages will likely be a huge problem.

The 30-year-old could join Romelu Lukaku as the second United player to sign for Inter this summer after the Belgian international completed a £73million move earlier this month.

Romelu Lukaku has been bombarding former Manchester United team-mate Alexis Sanchez with messages to convince him to join Inter Milan. He told the Chilean Italy is more beautiful than Manchester.

Alexis Sanchez featured in a behind-closed-doors Manchester United fixture against Sheffield United, as he prepares to end his Old Trafford nightmare and seal a summer move to Inter Milan.

EXCLUSIVE BY SAMI MOKBEL: Sportsmail understands the San Siro club are planning on offering Sanchez a contract worth no more than £150,000-per-week if they make deal permanent

The Italians have agreed to pay around £4.5million of the Chile international's salary and there is no obligation to make the deal permanent. He is due in Milan on Wednesday to complete a medical.

Manchester United hoped that Alexis Sanchez would be the man to kickstart their resurgence but the winger is joining Inter Milan having endured a miserable time at the club.

MARTIN KEOWN: No club has a divine right to success. You have to earn it. For so long, Manchester United were the dominant force in English football, but not any more. They do not frighten opponents.

Alexis Sanchez went from hero to zero on Saturday after scoring his first goal for Inter before being sent off after picking up a second bookable offence for diving against Sampdoria.

Alexis Sanchez has been speaking like a man reborn since ending his horror Manchester United spell and sealing a move to Inter Milan, admitting he feels like he has fallen in love with football again.

Sanchez, who is on-loan at Inter from Manchester United, injured the tendons in his left ankle late on during a feisty friendly against Colombia on Saturday, and he may require surgery.

Manchester United's pursuit of Mario Mandzukic looks to have been handed a major boost with the striker reportedly ready to lower his wage demands to seal a move away from Juventus. 

Manchester United paid an astonishing £25.7million in wages to injured players last season - the most in the Premier League - while their rivals City were next on the list but how much did your club spend?