I see that TF has made his thoughts clear ............... Should be very interesting, one way or another. Aussie ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ By John Cross Comments Taara to QPR: Relegation set to see Adel Taarabt and nine other first-teamers leave Hoops 8 Apr 2013 22:30 Manager Redknapp has been told his job is safe but Julio Cesar, Loic Remy, Chris Samba, Bobby Zamora and more to go in summer clear-out Hoop screams: QPR are heading for the Championship, Taarabt not so much Getty Images Queens Park Rangers chairman Tony Fernandes will order a major clear-out at Loftus Road this summer. Fans' favourite Adel Taarabt is likely to be the biggest sale as QPR look to slash their wage bill as they prepare for life after relegation from the Premier League, with Julio Cesar and Loic Remy also in line to move on. While manager Harry Redknapp is refusing to give up on survival until they are mathematically down, the odds are now stacked against the west Londoners pulling off a miracle after Sunday's dramatic draw with fellow strugglers Wigan. Airline tycoon Fernandes has made it clear that he and the other wealthy members of the board will stay loyal to the club and will try to ensure they bounce straight back up from the Championship. Fernandes wants Redknapp to remain in charge at Loftus Road and has already assured the 66-year-old that his job is safe. But Rangers are determined to slash the sky-high wage bill in preparation for life in the Championship and will need a major fire sale to fall into line with Football League rules after gambling on big signings to try to keep the club in the top flight. There could be as many as TEN first-team squad members set to leave QPR this summer. The clear-out looks set to include Taarabt, who has fallen out of favour with Redknapp in recent weeks. Turning his back on the last-minute Shaun Maloney free-kick that saw Wigan grab a point at Loftus Road and almost certainly doom QPR to the drop may have helped ensure he will make a speedy departure this summer. Burnley, here we come! QPR's two-year stint in the top flight looks doomed Scott Heavey Redknapp insisted publicly that he did not blame Taarabt, but privately was left fuming with both the Moroccan forward and Stephane Mbia, who committed the needless foul which set the stage for Maloney's gut-punch of a leveller. Taarabt claimed in January that Barcelona, AC Milan and Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala all wanted to sign him. A host of other clubs - including Arsenal and Manchester United - have looked at the former Spurs playmaker in the past, but it is unlikely any offer will match the £12m Paris Saint-Germain bid for him last summer. QPR are facing the prospect of having to slash the prices to get players off the wage bill, as most of their contracts do not include relegation clauses to automatically cut their wages in the event of the drop. But they will not leave unless they either get paid off or another club matches their existing earnings. Form a queue: There will be no shortage of clubs interested in Loic Remy Clive Rose AC Milan are interested in Brazilian keeper Cesar, and QPR could have to go out and sign a new player at that position as Cesar's back-up, England international Rob Green, is also understood to be ready to move on. There will be no shortage of interest in Remy, who cost £7m in January, and it is understood there is a fixed buy-out price in his contract, which means he is almost certain to go. Arsenal are likely to consider Remy, who seemed to have won Sunday's game with a sensational 84th minute strike, while Tottenham have also been admirers of the France international. Former Real Madrid midfielder Esteban Granero is also set to go after just one season, while striker Djibril Cisse - who has been farmed out on loan to the Middle East - is up for grabs, too. Bobby Zamora, sent off in the first half against Wigan, will also be on his way. England striker Zamora has been a disaster for QPR - his November admission that he did not particularly like football is understood to have incensed Fernandes, as it emerged just weeks after he'd been handed a £60,000-a-week contract. There will be interest in former England midfielder Jermaine Jenas while QPR turned down an offer from Zenit St Petersburg for Chris Samba just weeks after signing the big centre-half from Anzhi in a £12.5m deal in January. Samba is on famously on £100,000-a-week at Loftus Road and such wages may be the biggest stumbling block as QPR look to launch their summer clear-out. Counting the cost: Fernandes' buys have left QPR with a huge wage bill But Fernandes admits that, whatever the outcome, there will be a shake-up of the squad in the close-season. Fernandes said: "We will have to sit down with Harry and discuss who we want to keep and who would go. Obviously, there will be players that will go, regardless of if we stay up or go down. "We want players who can give a lot to the club for a long time." Jenas, 30, who joined from Tottenham on an 18-month contract in January, is ready to stick it out with the Rs, however. Jenas said: "Everybody wants to be in the Premier League, but I am very happy at QPR. The club and fans have taken to me very well and we will cross that bridge if we come to it, but I would love to stay. "Everyone at the club has accepted me, taken me after I was not in a great place in my career. QPR probably took a chance on me and it would be very harsh for me to go anywhere else." Check out all the latest News, Sport & Celeb gossip at Mirror.co.uk http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/qpr-many-10-go-summer-1818775#ixzz2Px9jkBqG Follow us: @DailyMirror on Twitter | DailyMirror on Facebook
Not 1 single quote from TF on who exactly would leave, therefor article is null and void speculation.
Really where the direct quotes? Why post this rubbish? I thought we all understood how this all works by now? Someone trying to make money as a Journo ... Please Overloard let me meet some of these people in my life ... just five minutes please. Complete scum get a proper job
No new quotes there at all. All cobbled together from other pieces I have read over the last few days. I am thinking of changing career as soom of these journalists must have a life of Riley.
Cesar quoted as saying he is staying in last 20 minutes should pour water over this load of ****: "Will I return to Milan? No," he told Gazzetta dello Sport.. "I’m learning a new language in London, the city is beautiful and my family is happy. I love my club and signed a long contract "
I would prefer us to keep as many as possible from this squad, Cesar included, and really go for it next year. But players saying they want to stay and the club deciding to sell if they get a decent offer are 2 different things......
I think Cesar will probably go. If he wants to play for Brazil at the World Cup, and we have to assume he does, then he'll need to be playing in a top league.
I have to agree that in order to go to Brazil then they will be considering their options ... when we stay up then they all stay and Harold also ... he will clean out what he wants then no doubt
Cesar wants to stay in London, perhaps going to Arsenal as well, their goalies are crap. We need a clear out, rid ourselves of the wasters and rebuild, its a very big job, lets hope we can shift them and they dont stand around leeching off us like Rowlands did.
Was discussing this with a friend today, on who would go/stay should we be relegated, we came up with something like this - Green - should stay. Depends what type of contract he is on. Cesar - will leave Diakite - stay (where on earth is he btw?) Traore - stay Derry - stay but will be too old even for the championship. Samba - will leave if a bigger club comes in for him. Hill - same as Derry Park - will leave Johnson - will stay but will be injured Taarabt - will leave SWP - should stay but can see his stubbornness shining through, seems like the type of guy who wouldn't want a season in the championship no matter how old he is. Mackie - stay Suk-Young - stay Granero - will leave Onuoha - undecided, hope he stays however. Jenas - stay Remy - leave Bosingwa - leave Fabio - back to united Ben Haim - stay Hoilett - leave Zamora - leave Murphy - stay Townsend - back to spurs Bothroyd - stay M'bia - leave As you can see, looks like a lot of rebuilding will be needed!
