The vice chairman of QPR plans to turn the minnows into the Manchester United of India. In an exclusive interview with ‘Eastern Eye’, Amit Bhatia explained his short term, three year plan. Lakshmi Mittal’s involvement in the Championship side in December, when he bought a 20% stake in QPR, has helped raise the English club’s Continue reading
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We Won’t Destroy Things That Make R’s Special
Most of the national newspapers covered the news last week of the biggest sponsorship deal outside the Premier League but the most positive and re-assuring article for me was written by Yann Tear. It appeared in the local Gazette on Friday and follows in its entirety. What do you think ? You can leave a Continue reading
QPR Billionaires Will Not Jump Through Hoops For Agents To Reap Quick Fix
The following article appeared in ‘The Times’ and was written by Kaveh Solhekol – Steve Russell Flavio Briatore did not become a billionaire by throwing his money away and the co-owner of Queen’s Park Rangers has warned agents that he will not be taken for a ride as he tries to transform the fortunes of Continue reading
‘I Thought QPR Was A Barbecue Restaurant’ – Part Two
The second and final part of Adrian Deevoy’s interesting insight is shown below. Originally, it featured in ‘The Observer’ Sport Monthly supplement on 2nd March – Steve Russell In the lift afterwards, Briatore exhales mightily, his face folding with emotion. ‘Gigi is a good man’, he says of his bereaved manager, ‘A very good man.’ Continue reading
‘I Thought QPR Was A Barbecue Restaurant’ – Part One
The following article was written by Adrian Deevoy and appeared in ‘The Observer Sport Monthly’ supplement on 2nd March. This very interesting feature covered six pages of the magazine so Part One follows and the rest will go up in the very near future – Steve Russell It’s not all beer and skittles being a Continue reading
QPR Rev Up For Tilt At The Big Boys
The following article appeared in the ‘Telegraph’ over the weekend and was written by Derick Allsop -Steve Russell Flavio Briatore had that countenance of any football fan when his team run out of ideas and almost out of luck. But then, as he says, it has to be a step at a time and at Continue reading
We Shouldn’t Lose Sight Of Who We Are (A Fan’s View Of The Club’s Move Into Billionaire’s Row)
Rangers fan Paul Finney, who runs the independent supporters website: www.indyrs.co.uk talks to Gazette Sports editor Yann Tear about the need for the club to retain its valued traditions. Our sudden change in financial status is both exciting and bewildering. Things like this don’t really happen to QPR. With us it’s one extreme to the Continue reading
QPR Seek Slice Of Mittal’s ¬£26bn
QPR Seek Slice Of Mittal’s ¬£26bn There had been some rumours regarding the possibility of another big investor coming in and then the following article, written by Tom Collomosse appeared in the ‘The Daily Telegraph’:- Queens Park Rangers hope to persuade Lakshmi Mittal, the world’s fifth-richest man, to invest some of his estimated ¬£26 billion Continue reading
Gianni Confident Luigi Will Adapt
Yann Tear wrote the following article which appeared in the local Gazette on Friday:- Gianni Paladini insists there is no big gamble attached to importing a man weaned exclusively on a diet of Italian football throughout his career and the Rangers Chairman does not expect the team to be dour under the new Manager. Luigi Continue reading
Is London’s Grungiest Club About To Get Glamorous ?
The following article was written by Benjie Goodhart and appeared in ‘The Guardian’ on 30th October. Much of it will be familiar to R’s fans but I wanted to leave it complete:- QPR used to be skint and unattractive but with money, supermodels and a new Manager swishing around, the future looks bright. The regular Continue reading