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Chris_from_Sidcup
Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,047
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Reportedly paying Christopher Samba 100k a week. On top of the 70k+ a week they already pay to Zamora, SWP, Granero, Remy, Julio cesar.

This is just Portsmouth mark II - a small club with below average gates spending Champions League level wages to overrated players. And Harry is at the forefront of it all again.
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  • E_cafc
    E_cafc Posts: 2,617
    If they do go down this season they will be in trouble. Too many over rated high earners at the club.
  • ISawLeaburnScore
    ISawLeaburnScore Posts: 9,779
    I can't stand that crook but to be fair to Harry he's signed two big players, all the others are down to Hughes.

    It looks like Fernandes can cash the cheques though (for now at least)
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,057
    Samba's good, but £12.5m + £500k p/a is financial suicide.

    I think it's been said before, Fernandez is rich but I don't think he's that rich and QPR are gambling big time with their current policy.
  • J BLOCK
    J BLOCK Posts: 8,317
    Absolute crook, I'd suggest QPR fans trademark AFC QPR just incase..
  • cafcrocky87
    cafcrocky87 Posts: 421
    se9addick said:

    Samba's good, but £12.5m + £500k p/a is financial suicide.

    I think it's been said before, Fernandez is rich but I don't think he's that rich and QPR are gambling big time with their current policy.

    £5m p/a even!
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,251
    Fernandez is said to be worth £400 - £500m. He owns 66% of QPR

    The Mittel Family, who still own 33% of the club, are said to be worth £21 Billion.

    QPR are certainly gambling that they can stay up and stay on the £70m+pa Premier league gravy train.

    But if they go down their owners have very deep pockets. Most importantly the owners seem willing to dip into those pockets.
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,078
    Owners have lots of money but will they lose interest if they go down?

    There spending ridiculous money on average players
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,251
    BigRedEvil said:

    Owners have lots of money but will they lose interest if they go down?

    There spending ridiculous money on average players

    Maybe they will lose interest but now they seem to be willing to pump money in.

  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,373
    All seems a little ironic really considering Harry's comments about the wages a few weeks back.

    They've actually looked a lot better since bringing the likes of Hill, Nelson, Derry into the side.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,057
    Henry Irving said:

    Fernandez is said to be worth £400 - £500m. He owns 66% of QPR

    The Mittel Family, who still own 33% of the club, are said to be worth £21 Billion.

    QPR are certainly gambling that they can stay up and stay on the £70m+pa Premier league gravy train.

    But if they go down their owners have very deep pockets. Most importantly the owners seem willing to dip into those pockets.

    But doesn't it depend how the ownership is structured ? I highly doubt any of Fernandez or the Mittals personal fortunes are at jeapordy unless they wish it to be so.

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  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,812
    Henry Irving said:

    Fernandez is said to be worth £400 - £500m. He owns 66% of QPR

    The Mittel Family, who still own 33% of the club, are said to be worth £21 Billion.

    QPR are certainly gambling that they can stay up and stay on the £70m+pa Premier league gravy train.

    But if they go down their owners have very deep pockets. Most importantly the owners seem willing to dip into those pockets.

    The Mittals are very, very shrewd investors across a whole range of sectors, they are renowned for not putting up much capital and yet always walking away with a big profit.

    Methinks
  • Mortimerician
    Mortimerician Posts: 5,222
    Not sure how this fits in with Harry's speech about the ridiculous salaries that Hughes had been paying. Do as I say, not as I do.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,047
    If they go down, the only thing in their favour is that i'm sure they'd be able to shift all the new players on big wages off the books.

  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,675
    but he'll say the wages are not down to him and the chairman / cheif exec arranges the contracts..............
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,047
    golfaddick said:

    but he'll say the wages are not down to him and the chairman / cheif exec arranges the contracts..............



    Exactly right. And putting 2 keepers on the bench the other night was in no way an attempt to try and force the owners to part with more cash for players.
  • daveaddick
    daveaddick Posts: 1,926
    Another basket case Football club I am afraid can't see anything but bad coming out of this. Lets face it they have a shit ground, small support and are punching above their weight...or not as this season is showing! How can they afford to pay anyone £100k/week......nuts!
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,198
    Henry Irving said:

    Fernandez is said to be worth £400 - £500m. He owns 66% of QPR

    The Mittel Family, who still own 33% of the club, are said to be worth £21 Billion.

    QPR are certainly gambling that they can stay up and stay on the £70m+pa Premier league gravy train.

    But if they go down their owners have very deep pockets. Most importantly the owners seem willing to dip into those pockets.

    They're spending more than £70m p/a to stay there so its not really a gravy train.

    This is one of the problems in English football, everyone is desperate to get to the Premiership so they can finally make some money only to find hardly anyone does and you usually end up losing more money stating there than you did getting there.

    The whole gravy train thing is actually a bit of a myth.
  • Super_horns
    Super_horns Posts: 1,299
    Madness really but Redknapp does it each time..going to take sometime for the squad to gel surely?
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,977
    If QPR disappeared, I would very soon forget they ever existed.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,763
    I so hope they go down .

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  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,655
    Bedsaddick said:

    I so hope they go down .

    I know what you mean Beds and agree with you, but in another way I don't as I see them as a potential threat to us next season , but with serious money behind them, they'd have the pick of players in this division, because they'd pay over the odds to get them.

  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,661
    I wonder if Rosie the Dog has some of her food stored in brown envelopes?
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,903
    I'm not sure how this sort of expenditure fits in with the Financial Fair Play restrictions...
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Mendonca In Asdas said:

    Bedsaddick said:

    I so hope they go down .

    I know what you mean Beds and agree with you, but in another way I don't as I see them as a potential threat to us next season , but with serious money behind them, they'd have the pick of players in this division, because they'd pay over the odds to get them.

    Me to. Will be broke by then.

  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    Here is a quote today from the man himself:

    "I don't know why I am associated with deadline day, I didn't do that much business with Spurs."

    I'm really not sure anymore whether he believes this or he is just on a massive wind up.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,958
    LenGlover said:

    I wonder if Rosie the Dog has some of her food stored in brown envelopes?

    Sadly, it's all a bit too late for Rosie, Len.

    She's brown bread.

  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    Oggy Red said:

    LenGlover said:

    I wonder if Rosie the Dog has some of her food stored in brown envelopes?

    Sadly, it's all a bit too late for Rosie, Len.

    She's brown bread.

    Tesco's burger?
  • Valley27000
    Valley27000 Posts: 3,417
    £129.2m spent by PSG on recent transfers.
  • GretnaGreenAddick
    GretnaGreenAddick Posts: 3,085
    Valley27000 said:

    £129.2m spent by PSG on recent transfers.

    Crazy money but at least they are trying to do the right thing long term like City rather then a Chelsea/QPR situation.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,047
    Probably going to recoup some of that 129m by selling a few million Beckham shirts in Asia

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