Eye-watering contracts

[Carlos Valderama's Hairy Saddlebags]

There is no way Onouha and Diakite are on 65k. Would also be surprised if Granero is on that much. All the rest are probably depressingly correct though or around the right mark.

Samba must have a release clause so reckon we will get shot of him and Remy over the summer as our most saleable players. Park will also hopefully go. If we manage to offload Barton and Cesar then we are talking savings of around 407k a week which is a good start.

I know that TF said he won't force HR to sell anyone he doesn't want to but if there isn't in the region of at least 7 players offloaded in the summer I would be surprised. That wage bill can and must be reduced

 

[sb_73]

Guys, guys, shhhtop! We've done this to death over the course of the season, everyone settles down and accepts reality and then someone posts another article, this time from the Sun of all places and people start freaking out again.

But let's put this in to perspective. We have been losing money hand over fist since we were relegated back in '96. We barely avoided liquidation when Flav and Bernie walked in. Now we have Fernandes and Co. Part of that Co. happens to be one of the worlds richest men, his interest savings on his wealth would cover these figures alone. But all of our current and previous owners, who may know nothing about football, do however know a hell of a lot about running a business. At this level, with the figures involved, you don't buy a business without having looked very closely at the books and therefore knowing exactly what you are buying.

Of course Fernandes wants us to be profitable, he did mention within two years, well I'd guess that 2 years is from the time we get promoted. I'm sure this has dented the overall plan somewhat, but the overall plan has always been about getting the new stadium off the ground. Without that we will lose money in every division, it is paramount to the club and owners becoming a success in the premiership. We know that the club are close to purchasing the land, the stadium is already designed and the training ground/Academy is already in full swing. Does this not show that the owners are here for the long haul? Does it not show you that the figures are all irrelevant?

The whole reason for making the stadium a multi purpose entertainments centre is so that it doesn't matter whether the club is making the money, the stadium always will, which can be classed as a QPR asset so we will never fall foul of the financial fair play rules, and it wont matter what the wage bill is. Phil Beard made the o2 the Worlds number 1 entertainment venue, any guesses why we've brought him on board??

So please, stop worrying about the wages. Again we shall be getting rid of a lot of that over the summer, but while I'm sure TF wont be so naive in future, I'm also sure that we will still be buying new players this summer, even if we kept every single player that we currently have.

All absolutely correct. But I don't think the problem is the sustainability of the club, its more the "fair play" rules that the championship has adopted. This could lead to fines (with the cash handed to other clubs!) transfer embargoes etc for clubs with a big imbalance between revenue and spending. I hope Tony is clever enough to sort out our story on this......

 

[DaveThomas]

Seems like good value to me ... after all we used to be and have **** all ... any new players we get if we get back into the premier league will be on the same money ... why not just scrub off the names as they may change anyway...

Wake up lads you all wanted the money and I doubt if that will change as this clubs grows into whatever they want it to become ... we are fine


The price of football? ....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20327870

Real are in 600 million debt ... plus the rest

 

[QPAAAAAGH]

Amazing. The only players who can hold their head about about their season are all at the bottom of the list. Says it all.