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Birch, who was only appointed in June, was recently reported to have suffered a breakdown in his relationship with manager Billy Davies, but the Rams boss denied there was any problem between them.

The club released a statement, which read: "Derby County Football Club (on Friday) announced that Trevor Birch has ceased to be employed as its chief executive officer with immediate effect. Please note there will be no further comment from the club."

A former player with Liverpool reserves, Shrewsbury and Chester, Birch became known as something of a trouble-shooting figure when he was appointed chief executive of Chelsea in 2002.

The Blues were then ridden with debt and Birch was instrumental in the takeover of Roman Abramovich four years ago.

He moved on to Leeds, who were also mired in debt, and helped them avoid administration.

As with Chelsea, he oversaw a takeover of the club.

His last job before Derby came at Everton but his spell lasted only six weeks, amid reports the board disagreed over some of his proposals to restructure the club's finances.