Frank Lampard’s long-term future at Derby is in doubt with Mel Morris looking to reduce costs as he aims to sell the club. The Derby owner’s latest cost-cutting measure has been to cancel a warm-weather training camp in Dubai planned for the present international break, a move which has gone down badly with some of Lampard’s squad.

Morris’s decision to pull the plug on the trip has been particularly unpopular with Derby’s players as a number of them were paying for their wives and families to join them for a short holiday in the Emirate after the training camp was completed. Derby travelled to Dubai for a mid-season break under manager Gary Rowett in January 2018, but after a run a poor results Lampard’s