20120824. Fernandes - No panic at QPR Chairman insists they will continue 'sensible business' Last Updated: August 24, 2012 9:07am .....Queens Park Rangers chairman Tony Fernandes has rejected suggestions that the club are 'panic buying' in the wake of their 5-0 humbling by Swansea. The Rs have responded to their dismal opening day defeat at Loftus Road by making moves for experienced central defenders Ricardo Carvalho and Michael Dawson and goalkeeper Julio Cesar. Mark Hughes has been one of the busiest managers in the transfer window this summer, bringing in a host of new faces as the West London side look to avoid the relegation scrap of last term which saw them survive on the final day of the season. But Fernandes insists that all of their dealings are undertaken with a long-term goal in mind and maintains the club will not spend more than they can afford. Very calm He said: "We are in discussions but QPR have got to run a sensible business. I think people out there think we are just throwing money and panic buying. "But I think we are very calm at what we want. "We have done some sensible business over the summer and we are not going to throw it away. We are here for the long run and we'll do things properly." Barton The future of controversial midfielder Joey Barton remains undecided, with the club's former captain linked with a move away from Loftus Road and facing a 12-game suspension at the start of the season. Fernandes added: "There are many things that are happening with Joey, and it's just like anything else, it all happens in the last nine days of the transfer window. "Nothing's confirmed and Joey's very much a QPR player at the moment. He's done us proud in the past, so we'll just wait and see what happens."
By Thom Gibbs - the legendary insider at Loftus Raod. Chairman insists they will discontinue 'sensible business' Last Updated: August 24, 2012 9:07am .....Queens Park Rangers chairman Tony Fernandes has rejected suggestions that the club are 'panic buying' in the wake of their 5-0 humbling by Swansea. It seems obvious that Fernandes' panic would have started at least a month before he first bid for the club. This fits in with the business model started by Accrington Stanley in the 1980s. I haven't actually spoken to anyone present at that time because I was merely a sperm with water wings swimming inside my Dad's left teste. I did however once have a chat (in an internet forum on storytelling in the modern era) with a bloke from Port Stanley and he said "No comment!" The Rs have responded to their dismal opening day defeat at Loftus Road by making moves for experienced central defenders Ricardo Carvalho and Michael Dawson and goalkeeper Julio Cesar. Negotiations have apparently moved past the "Please - I'll be your best friend" stage to the more needy "I'll invite you to my party" gambit as the temperature rises and hysteria sets in. Mark Hughes has been one of the busiest managers in the transfer window this summer, bringing in a host of new faces as the West London side look to avoid the relegation scrap of last term which saw them survive on the final day of the season. The ever present Hughes has regularly been seen on the streets pushing a wheelbarrow while furlornly crying "bring out your dead." I don't know for a fact but surely these rotting cadavers must be on deals worth over £150,000 per week as Rangers look to expand the burgeoning ranks to in excess of a 10 million strong army. But Fernandes insists that all of their dealings are undertaken with a long-term goal in mind and maintains the club will ... spend more than they can afford. He said: "We are in discussions but QPR have got to run a ... business ... throwing money and panic buying. "We have done some sensible business over the summer and we are ... going to throw it away. We are here ... and we'll do things ..." Parallel's to Pompey are obvious with one individual from Portsmouth reportedly saying "Ahoy there?" It will almost certainly go wrong but should the owners continue to back the long term plans then all teams barring Man City will be unable to afford the vastly inflated Air Asia fares to make the long trip to the proposed new Moon Base Stadium and the league structure itself will be sucked into another dimension.
