talkSPORT Opinion: QPR must offer Warnock a new deal or risk more pain under Briatore

In a week when Neil Warnock is meeting with QPR players to discuss plans for next year, uncertainty surrounding his own future continues to irk the club’s supporters.

After watching QPR lift the Championship trophy, vice chairman Amit Bhatia claimed Warnock would remain in charge for as long as his own tenure at the club lasted. How long that will be is anyone's guess.

Last week, Bernie Ecclestone sent shudders down the spine of Rangers fans by admitting Flavio Briatore still retains an option of buying back the shares he relinquished in December 2010.

And since Ecclestone, who owns 62% of the club, is happy to part with his stake for the right price, any potential deal could shift power firmly back into the Italian's hands to signal worrying times for the club.

Briatore, of course, is the former Renault F1 boss responsible for hiring and firing managers in 2009/10 more often than his tan turns a deeper shade of mahogany. A man who took more of a back seat at Loftus Road this year, which just so happened to coincide with Rangers’ most successful season in decades.

So today, less than a week after Bhatia voiced his support for the manager, Claudio Ranieri is rumoured to be in London preparing to discuss terms with Briatore. We hope for all QPR fans’ sake that isn’t true.

But the lack of clarity at board level is an unfair distraction to Warnock, who admitted after promotion last week that he's not confident about staying – a clear message to the board: back me now or give me the boot.

Exactly who is making decisions at Loftus Road? And if Neil Warnock remains their top man, why hasn't a new contract been thrashed out yet?

Transforming a team from relegation candidates into champions in 14 months without spending millions on players would guarantee a manager an improved deal at most clubs.

Until that happens, supporters can only do what they've become accustomed to at QPR; pray the tabloids are wide of the mark and hope that any west London return for Claudio Ranieri happens four miles down the road, where Rs fans would love to see the Tinkerman resume his trophy-free days at Stamford Bridge.

 

We need a petition set up to voice our support for Neil and present it to the club

 

the club can not be held responsable for the crap in the papers we should know by now not to take any notice whats written Amit says that Neil will lead us into the prem and nothing i have heard since leads me to think any different,

 

Does anyone remember Keys & Gray on Talk sport they wanted us hung with there interview with Mark Palious 10points my arse, there as bad as lazy journalists.

 

I do, so I liked this:

ROBBIE RUCK WITH KEYS

Robbie Savage is alleged to have celebrated being voted Newcomer of the Year at the Sony Radio awards by shouting obscenities at talkSPORT’s Richard Keys and wanting a fight.

Guests at the Grosvenor House bash say the BBC’s Savage was clutching his trophy at the end of the evening when he allegedly responded to Keys’ outstretched hand of congratulation with a four-letter rant.

When Keys responded, Savage is reported to have ‘offered him outside’ before being escorted away by colleagues.

Keys stated on his talkSPORT show yesterday that Savage was, among other things, ‘A very difficult man to ignore, but always worth the effort.’

Savage said there had been friction but called it ‘great banter’ and denied he swore at Keys or called for a punch-up.

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