QPR transfer news, rumours and speculation All the latest on QPR transfers for the summer window 2011 - news, rumours and done deals from Loftus Road. Related Tags: Flavio Briatore Neil Warnock Bernie Ecclestone Adel Taarabt Manchester City Championship winners Queens Park Rangers are where they feel they belong but can they stay up? Championship winners Queens Park Rangers are where they feel they belong but can they stay up? They've been in exile for 15 long years, but finally Queens Park Rangers are back in the Premier League. The R's have earned their spot after a commanding season in the Championship and with ownership that reads like a 'rich list who's who' it is only natural that plenty of names have been linked to the Loftus Road newboys. Veteran gaffer Neil Warnock reiterated that a big spend isn't the answer to staying up. However, Bernie Ecclestone, Flavio Briatore and Lakshmi Mittal might see things differently as they prepare to rub shoulders with the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United. A FAN'S VIEW (from QPR blog QPR Report) What positions do your club need to strengthen? The defence and, even more so, the attack! The attack was weak in the Championship and it will be even weaker in the Premier League. Who would you like to buy? The kind of players, we'd like will be going to Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Spurs, and Arsenal (and apparently Swansea, Norwich and West Ham)! The problem is that QPR, although labeled by the tabloids as 'moneybags', are in fact far removed from that. We are a small club with a small ground, owned by extremely wealthy men. But that wealth doesn't trickle down to the club. And the club has been losing up to £20million a year. If the reports are true, Neil Warnock has only been given £10m to spend this summer, which in Premier League parlance is a pittance. That's before one starts factoring in wages and bonuses. Strangely, players seem unprepared to accept that the true reward is having an opportunity to play for QPR... We've already missed out on Watford striker Danny Graham. Kyle Walker on loan from Spurs has been touted, but ideally Daniel Sturridge from Chelsea on a season-long loan would be great. Either way, if Warnock is selecting players we have complete faith they'll do the job. Who do you think you'll buy? There are two kinds of players QPR have been linked to - the type of players Neil Warnock would go for and the type de facto chairman Flavio Briatore and his appointee Gianni Paladini would go for. When we see who we end up buying, then we'll truly know who is really in charge of the team at Loftus Road (not to mention whether Neil Warnock will remain as manager). Who do you think will leave and who do you want to leave? In truth we don't have very many players who are worth much: Adel Taarabt, Alejandro Faurlin, and maybe Akos Buzxsaky. Taarabt seems eager to get out of town (or at least to the other part of town!) and Faurlin has been linked to a big-time move to Spain. Players most QPR fans want to leave are the likes of Rowan Vine and Gary Borrowdale. The difficulty is that while they may not play much (at all) for QPR, they have contracts which make them fairly well paid. Having said that, the people we REALLY want to see leave are two of the co-owners - Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone - and chairman Gianni Paladini. If the club is to prosper, we need to see the back of them. LATEST TRANSFER RUMOURS Adel Taarabt is fielding offers from bigger London clubs Adel Taarabt is fielding offers from bigger London clubs (Pic: Getty Images) Taarabt sounds QPR warning after approaches - 20/06/2011 Legrottaglie keen for QPR - 14/06/2011 Andy Johnson linked with Loftus Road move - 11/06/2011 Matterazzi in shock England move - 06/06/2011 Arsenal to offload Eboue with QPR ready to pounce - 5/06/2011 DONE DEALS Pascal Chimbonda QPR Out: Pascal Chimbonda Players in: None Players out: Lee Brown (free) Pascal Chimbonda (free) Elliott Cox (free) Gavin Mahon (free) Joe Oastler (free) Josh Parker (free) Romone Rose (free) Georgias Tofas (free) Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/866982-qpr-transfer-news-rumours-and-speculation#ixzz1PukUKkO5
There was also a "killer" opening paragraph which sadly got removed "After fifteen arduous, heart-rending, soul-destroying years - truly years of blood, toil, tears and sweat - QPR are FINALLY back in the Premiership. Unfortunately, that QPR return to the Promised land might turn out to be exceedingly short-lived. Already the euphoria of promotion (and winning the Championship) has started which began with the Club's decision not to hold a victory parade. Since then fan enthusiasm has been dampened by a boardroom fight over ownership; rumours of board involvement in player purchases; and even rumours about the replacement of the very popular Neil Warnock. And perhaps most damaging of all was the imposition of drastic season ticket prices - without fan consultation."
I see things are quiet on the transfer front. Not even a rumour? Oh, except for Bothroyd lol - I see QPR really are out to splash the cash.
Not even a rumour??????????????????????????? We've been linked with about 85 players. Bothroyd's also a decent player, and to get him on a free is better business than 3.5 million for Graham.
Sorry, I just had to prove him wrong. I've already been arguing with him and all that Swansea lot all day, so really, I just Couldn't resist.
Rangercol.... it certainly has been slow.... but give it a bit more time before you call promotion a disaster. I waited 15 years for this and am not ready to write us off yet. Oh... and I LIKE Bothroyd: he's always played well against us imo.
85 players - Prove it!! Bothroyd, better business than Graham, lol. Who scored more goals last year? Who has a serious attitude problem? Who was disliked by the majority of his OWN fans. Think you'd best look elsewhere. Craig Beattie maybe?
How many England caps has Graham got? Graham got what 24 in 45 appearances last season? (1 goal ever 1.88games). Bothroyd got 18 in 37 (1 goal every 2.06games). Considering Graham was Watfords only goalscorer and Bothroyd had to compete with Bellamy, Chopra, Whittingham et al, I'd say they had pretty close records last season. £3.5m for a lower league player? tut tut.
