So where have the other 42 players come from? Not to mention those that were in the squad and simply didn't play. The answer, of course, is the transfer market, and the ever-revolving front door that is the Queens Park Rangers dressing room.
Since the beginning of this season there have been 15 incoming players into the QPR squad, and 13 more the season before—excluding loans and youth players.
No wonder the team needed " time to gel. Twenty-eight new players is more than an entire squad. And it is little surprise there has been a lack of team spirit at the club in past months, when each week a new face comes in, and an old nose is put out of joint.
But the number of players is just the first spoke in the Rangers wheel. The second is the amount of money that has been spent on transfer fees, agents fees and wage bills, prompting similarities to be drawn between QPR and Portsmouth should the West London side become relegated.
Rangers sat in a precarious position seem to have attempted to spend their way out of trouble. But it was their spending in which left them in this mess in the first place, and it was that spending which ultimately could cost them. Speaking to ESPN , he believes Rangers' transfer policy is a shambles, and the spending spree last year may well be the catalyst for the end of Fernandes' Premier League dream:.
I can only speak from a personal opinion - things should have been done a bit slower really. I suppose when you get the opportunity to bring in these guys who are at the top of the profession - Mark Hughes, who was our manager in the close season, thought we should be bringing in a number of players to enhance our chances of progressing.
It just didn't work out that way. It takes time to mould a team, it really does. My own opinion is things were done just too quickly. You'd think Harry wasn't an ex Portsmouth manager, look where they are!! There's desperate and there's just plain stupid. Comment posted by Dcf, at 1 Feb Dcf. If there was any justice in this world, then Harry Redknapp would be the next King of England.
Luckily for us, there isn't! The one person who has magaed sic to overspend on wages none of those clubs could or can afford. Thank the lord he wasnt made manager of England otherwise he would find a new way to bankrupt English football!!
Comment posted by Batesieboy, at 1 Feb Batesieboy. My dog's better at understanding footballers' wages than Billy Rice 16! This is all too familiar with Redknapp. Another club that will be left reeling financially. It was interesting to hear Redknapp distancing himself from the Samba purchase claiming it was a big surprise and he didn't know anything about it, all down to Tony Fernandes. Sounded a bit Pontius Pilate to me. Comment posted by kingCanard, at 1 Feb kingCanard.
Is it me or does everybody else think Harry Redknapp is out of control when it comes to spending money, QPR's ground is small and will not bring in the revenue to support the wages of these new players when they get relegated so it will come to big players sitting on big contracts not wanting to go elsewhere but picking up their money from sugar daddy TF.
Comment posted by The secret pundit, at 1 Feb The secret pundit. I questioned this some weeks ago. QPR is another reason the government has called for reform. We can't have clubs going on like this, it's quite irresponsible. Comment posted by Wandering old git, at 2 Feb Wandering old git. FFP doesn't apply to this situation, but it should. Throwing money you don't have at a club is financial doping. Perhaps the EPL should start testing for that too! He's doing it again.
You can survive the drop, but not madness. QPR to go south, in the general direction of Portsmouth. If QPR stay up then all the signings will be credited to Harry and his ability to spot 'triffic' players. If they go down, then the board will have made too many 'shockin' signings. It's never Redknapp's fault. Thank heavens he wasn't given the England job, for once, the FA knew what they were doing there.
Buoyed by the riches of Tony Fernandes, QPR went on to make an eye-watering 25 signings in what proved to be a two-year stay in the Premier League , ultimately suffering relegation in It was a textbook example of money being unable to buy success despite QPR punching wildly above their weight with transfers under Neil Warnock, Mark Hughes and Harry Redknapp.
And while that might not have worked out for the west London club at the time, it certainly makes for a fascinating case study when we look back on the Premier League splurge almost a decade later. In fact, using transfer fee and wage data from the Daily Mail , we've decided to reminisce on every QPR signing between and to see what happened to them since - check it out below:.
Barton looked like a real coup for QPR on the back of an impressive season with Newcastle, but was swiftly loaned out to Marseille and can now be found in management with Bristol Rovers. The five-cap England defender is now retired after seeing out his career at Loftus Road in Signed on the back of an humiliation with Arsenal , Traore spent half a decade with QPR, but flirted with retirement in having last been seen on a short-term deal with Cardiff City. He has recently campaigned against online abuse and racism.
Who remembers this?! Me neither because Puncheon only ever made two appearances for the Rs and can currently be found playing for Pafos in Cyprus after a long career in the Premier League. One of the most successful signings of the bunch, Onuoha became a long-term servant at Loftus Road and eventually moved to Real Salt Lake in for whom he was last seen playing.
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