Major shareholder Ruben Emir Gnanalingam explains importance of academy development This is no four-year plan, itâs more like a 40-year plan" Ruben Emir Gnanalingam RUBEN EMIR GNANALINGAM has spoken of the Boardâs long-term plans this week following the youth departmentâs recent move to BA Clubsâ Concorde Club. QPRâs under 18s right through to the under 12s will be developed at the Cranford-based complex, and Gnanalingam took time out from his busy schedule to go on a recent tour of the facility. âThis area of the football club is the one we are most interested in,â he told www.qpr.co.uk. âDefinitely one of our priorities going forward is the development of our younger players.â The Board demonstrated their determination to see QPR retain its Premier League status with their recent activity in the January transfer window which saw them twice break the clubâs record transfer fee with the acquisitions of Loic Remy and Chris Samba. But Gnanalingam - pictured presenting BA Clubs CEO Tony Dormer with a signed QPR shirt, alongside R's CEO Philip Beard - is keen to stress they are focusing on more than what occurs in the next 11 weeks. âThe rules of football are changing dramatically and you have to be able to develop your own players in order to be sustainable,â he explained, in reference to the introduction of Financial Fair Play. âWe have to make sure we can compete with other clubs in terms of the facilities we offer our younger players.â Gnanalingam joined QPR along with chairman Tony Fernandes and fellow-major shareholder Kamarudin Bin Meranun in August 2011, and he explained: âWe have always had a long-term vision from the moment we came to QPR. âThis is not short-term for us. This is no four-year plan, itâs more like a 40-year plan. âDeveloping our academy and a new training ground are things we will do regardless of where we are. That has never changed. âFrom day one when we arrived, we said the training ground needed to be changed, and the academy needed to be built up. And thatâs what we are doing.â Raheem Sterling came through QPRâs youth system before being sold to Liverpool in 2010, and has since gone on to feature regularly for the Merseysidersâ first team. âHe is a perfect example of why we must make sure our academy can compete with other clubsâ academies,â Gnanalingam added. âIt means a great deal for the QPR fans to see a player come through the youth system and represent the first team. âWe want to see that happen too. A moment like that will represent one of the better moments in what will hopefully be a very long time for us here at QPR.â http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/0...erm-for-us-696833.aspx?pageView=full#anchored
Years of hearing bullsh**e from our club has made it difficult for me to believe and trust our board members. However, these gents continue to impress me and I'm slowly starting to believe that they are the real deal.
Yes, keep saving - you know what they say - if you want to make a small fortune in football, start with a largee one
Are those the ones that did Gangnam Style, what what what? Or more appropriately Gnanalingam style, wop wop wop. I'm more of a Carpenters man meself.
9's...........Watch the Video for 'Come To Daddy' 6 times at night, have a large helping of cheese before going to bed....and then tell me what nightmares you have......
Don't forget the Psilocybins and a stiff partaking in the Absinthe Richard D James is one of the true geniuses of the last 20 years
Back in those heady summer days of hope and "wine & roses", now just "whine & Rosie" [video=youtube;MYC3uCVlOMQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYC3uCVlOMQ&feature=youtu.be&a[/video] [video=youtube;7oYpz6kdI9g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oYpz6kdI9g&feature=youtu.be&a[/video] Hell alright! [video=youtube;Cym9W2L1y2A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cym9W2L1y2A&feature=youtu.be&a[/video]
