TF - Infrastructure Is Key

TONY: INFRASTRUCTURE IS KEY

PUBLISHED
12:00 15th November 2013
by @OfficialQPR
Fernandes explains importance behind new facilities …

We want to transform QPR in terms of having a new home and a permanent training facility"
Tony Fernandes
LIKE the rest of us, Tony Fernandes hopes QPR can make an immediate return to the Premier League. But, more importantly than that, he wants to see us stay in the top flight when that day comes.

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Key to such an achievement, the R’s chairman believes, is infrastructure.

Fernandes and his fellow shareholders continue to work hard on a new training ground and a new stadium in the years to come, and he told www.qpr.co.uk: “We want to transform QPR in terms of having a new home and a permanent training facility.

“A training facility is so critical.

“Let’s make no bones about it – I am desperate to get back into the Premier League. Desperate. But once we get there, I don’t want to be a club that’s yo-yoing up and down. So we’ve got to put that infrastructure in place so that we can build a solid Premier League future.

“Certain things have stuck in my brain, like going to Everton, who I respect tremendously. There was one poster there that said: ’20 seasons consecutively in the Premier League’. That’s better than any stadium or any training ground. If one day I can put that up at QPR, then I think we will have done something good.”

While Fernandes is a larger-than-life character who seems to be permanently smiling, he admits the stresses of a matchday do get to him.

“Saturday is the worst day of my week,” he revealed. “I am a bag of nerves. I just like the final whistle!”

And following QPR’s impressive start to the 1013/14 campaign, Fernandes has this message for the club’s loyal supporters: “Let’s enjoy it and hope that we have something to celebrate.

“More importantly, let’s hope that we are building something that can keep us in the Premier League.

“There’s a long way to go this season, but it’s a great start. Let’s ride our luck, let’s build on it. Keep believing and keep supporting.”

Read more at http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/151113-tony-infrastructure-is-key-1176900.aspx#46CMHtzD8H5GpxJi.99