ended the month having taken just three points from a possible eighteen. Luckily for Derby, all the other members of the bottom five, Wycombe, Sheffield Wednesday, Rotherham and Huddersfield, also fell to defeat, meaning that they remained four points clear of relegation. This cushion remained after Rotherham lost one of their two remaining games in hand 1–0 away to Brentford on 27 April; this result was significant as it meant that Derby would be guaranteed safety, regardless of the results of the teams around them, if they won their two remaining games against Swansea City and Sheffield Wednesday. Away from on the field results, it was revealed that Derby were one of ten Championship clubs placed under a transfer embargo by the EFL for using the option of a three-month extension to file company accounts, with the embargo due to be lifted when the accounts were received by Companies House. Derby chose not to comment on the situation, though Dave Boddy, chief executive of one of the affected clubs, Coventry City, stated "It's ridiculous that the EFL's regulations on this do not replicate this approach that the government has taken, especially when they have amended other rules of theirs during the pandemic." In regards of ownership of the club, it was suggested that potential American bidders were keen on the club, but were awaiting the results of the club's relegation battle. However, it was the previously mooted Erik Alonson who emerged as the front runner after an agreement between Alonso's No Limits Sport Limited and Derby owner Mel Morris was announced on 7 April with Alonso stating he had the ultimate target of getting Derby into the Champion's League. It was suggested, however, that Alonso was actually just a frontman rather than the main financial backer. With the summer transfer window fast approaching, left-back Lee Buchanan, who had had a breakthrough campaign, was linked with a move to the Premier League with West Ham. Derby themselves were linked with a move for Cheltenham Town midfielder Felix Miles. May Derby entered May four points behind 20th-place Huddersfield Town and four points clear of 22nd-place Rotherham United and 23rd-place Sheffield Wednesday, with bottom of the table Wycombe Wanderers all-but-relegated baring an extremely unlikely set of results. Derby made the trip to a Swansea side who had guaranteed their place in the playoffs the previous week, with Swansea manager Steve Cooper suggesting that