QPR hand transfer kitty of just £5m to Harry Redknapp for relegation beating January signings Dec 08, 2014 22:30 By Darren Lewis Hoops boss wants more forwards and is eyeing loan-deal reunion with 34-year-old Robbie Keane even though some at the club consider Jermain Defoe too old at 32 Mike Hewitt Empty pockets: Redknapp will have to sell to buy and make loan deals next month Harry Redknapp has just £5million to spend in the January transfer window. QPRâs financial troubles mean 67-year-old Redknapp will have to target loans and sell to buy as he battles to save the west London club from relegation. Rangers moved out of the bottom three at the weekend with a 2-0 win over Burnley. With the west Londoners heavily reliant on eight-goal striker Charlie Austin - banned for the next weekâs trip to Everton - it was believed Redknapp would receive substantial funds to bring in reinforcements. Boss Redknapp, however, has admitted an interest in LA Galaxy striker Robbie Keane on loan as he looks to work within his means. The pair worked together at Spurs and 34-year-old Keane, who quit the Premier League two years ago, netted the winner on Sunday as Galaxy were crowned MLS champions. Although there is opposition at QPR to a move for Jermain Defoe - considered too old at 32 - Keane is preferable as he would not be an outright purchase. Asked about the Irishman, Redknapp said âThe MLS market is one that weâve got to look at. Robbieâs a good shout - heâs a good pro. âHe would be the ideal type to have around for sure because he would give us something. I havenât spoken to him yet, but he would be an interesting player.â
I'm waiting for when some journo puts together all the latest rubbish from around the place and pens a story about Harry selling off Charlie to pay for Defoe, Ashley Young and a new CB.
Total crap, let me prove it. When it comes to 'transfer windows' ............. Harry doesn't get out of bed for single-digit, million pound budgets.
I agree it's most likely bollocks, but can't you imagine HR telling a friendly hack if he thought TF was not playing ball?
Good point well made. However, with the club debts being what they are, and with the likely FFP fine imminent the general idea that we should be more prudent in this transfer window then is usual for us I think is probably sensible. I just hope that we don't get any major injury problems to key players like Charlie, and that we have enough to scrape over the line come May.
It is cobbled together from the same quotes that were specifically in the Keane thread yesterday with no additional confirmed information. I would be happy if that was the budget though - loans (with fees) and little else should be fine. I think I'd go beserk if we fell into the same routine of spending big in the Summer and then spending big to paper over any cracks in January (with the potential to have more expensive contracts to negotiate our way out of should the worst happen).
I really hope it isnt true and i really dont understand your desire to see us playing in the lower leagues? Cant get my head around it but each to thier own i suppose. Just not my thing TBH Makes a lot of your posts sound strange TO ME and i guess thats why i couldnt get into your blogs. For the record, i dont mean this as an insult in anyway and please accept my appologies if it comes across that way. I've just never read a poster who is the polar opposite of everything i desire, believe etc. please do keep doing what you are doing because you certainly have a lot of followers, but with the greatest ofrespect i am not one of them. i did note that you did state in your blog that you didnt expect everyone to agree with you. Hope i've helped you out there mate. No offence intended at all.
If this is correct then it's not necessarily bad news. Keep the squad tight, add cover at right back plus a forward and we should be ok for a squad moving forward. Re right back - I hear that Leicester have one who may be surplus to requirements!
If his opinion is anything like mine Queens then it's more about making sure we're alright next season and the 10 after that. If we're good enough to be 17th or near to by the window then we'd be good enough to cement that position with a couple of loan reinforcements (at which point the experienced, tested pros become viable) rather than overpaying for untested players or massively overpaying for the really good ones. If we're not good enough then we'd be stuck with more players that have purposely been brought in for one aim - secure survival. They might be good beyond that but it would be incidental and not their primary purpose. They may also have relegation clauses but I'd be very surprised if one of these clauses put an 80% cut on wages (which still wouldn't cover the drop in income) probably closer to 50% (guessing here). Another 20 million on players would just add to the overall debt and perpetuate our unsustainable spending which causes some of us (I'd assume TIME also) some level of nervousness. Nothing wrong with your view mate but just thought I'd clarify why some of us would like a small scale window (especially a January one).
I expect a small leak prior to selling Taarabt to ease some of the fans anger He will no doubt come out and say we have had to sell first … no money etc… that from a bloke who has nothing to do with the transfers etc but openly tells the world we are in for Defoe. He feeds these snippets to the parasites and then If you opened your wallet then Harold would be straight in it … he has always been terrible Tony Crooks taking a back seat lately? … all adding up to me as a power shift inside the club maybe? We know nothing we are ants
Leicester are strangely quiet on this board these days. They couldn't get enough of it over here after beating Man U and telling us where we have gone wrong in preparing for life in the Prem....Tw**s.
