QPR's Week in Review

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Two player signings...Staff departures...Staff Arrivals.
Incoming Players: Daniel Nardiello and John Curtiss. Squad numbers were announced, with the #1 and #10 shirts left vacant. Among the players not listed: Nygaard and Doherty.
QPR's physiotherapist, Prav Mathema, left QPR for WASPS.

QPR - PHYSIO ANNOUNCED
The Club are delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Hunter as Head Physiotherapist....Hunter, who was the Assistant Physiotherapist at Premiership Club West Ham United last season, arrives with a comprehensive CV, which includes stints at Cardiff City, Charlton Athletic and Crystal Palace.
Hunter, who will work alongside R's Assistant Physiotherapist Shane Annun and Sports Performance Manager Joe Dunbar,.....

QPR's New Backroom Hires: Two From Wycombe
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QPR Official Site - DUO JOIN BACKROOM STAFF
Former Wycombe Wanderers duo Steve Brown and Keith Ryan have joined the R's backroom team.
The pair will oversee the R's Youth department and be responsible for the Club's Under-18 and Under-16 squads, as well as the Centre of Excellence.
Brown, 40, and Ryan, 37, were released by the Chairboys as a result of a cost-cutting exercise earlier this month.
Gregory welcomed the duo's arrival,..."Their enthusiasm and passion for football is second to none and they've got years of experience and knowledge within the game, both as players and coaches.
"It was always my intention to overhaul the Youth department and I couldn't be more delighted with the two men that we've brought in to run it.
"Steve will be our Youth Team Manager and Keith will be responsible for the full-time scholars' education programme, which for a number of years has sadly had appalling examination results.''
Brown, who made 443 appearances during a ten year spell as a player at Adams Park, was number two to Wanderers boss Paul Lambert last season.
Ryan, who clocked up over 500 appearances for the Blues, was responsible for the Chairboys Reserve side last season.

The week began with further reports of Chairman Paladini Talking About Selling - But Not just to Anyone - and Bill Power Possibly Reinvesting
We just don't have enough cash to take QPR forward
Jun 25 2007 - David McIntyre/Ealing Gazette
CHAIRMAN Gianni Paladini insists QPR will not be bought on the cheap despite the club's Italian owners being willing to relinquish control.
Paladini last week declared that he and major shareholder Antonio Caliendo would seek only the money they paid for their shares when they acquired stakes in the club.
That would mean around £650,000 would be required to purchase Paladini's shareholding and around £4million to take overall control of the club.
But Paladini has warned that simply writing out a cheque for those amounts will not be enough.
He said: "The offer is there for anyone who can take the club forward. I will only want what I paid for my shares.
CHAIRMAN Gianni Paladini insists QPR will not be bought on the cheap despite the club's Italian owners being willing to relinquish control.
Paladini last week declared that he and major shareholder Antonio Caliendo would seek only the money they paid for their shares when they acquired stakes in the club.
That would mean around £650,000 would be required to purchase Paladini's shareholding and around £4million to take overall control of the club.
But Paladini has warned that simply writing out a cheque for those amounts will not be enough.
He said: "The offer is there for anyone who can take the club forward. I will only want what I paid for my shares.
"But it has to be on condition that they have serious money to invest and can show they can move QPR to the next level.
"We're a club that can compete in the Championship and if someone can take QPR further than that, then there is no way we would stand in their way.
"I would leave tomorrow for the price I paid for my shares if that kind of person wanted the club. I would want any other money they had to go into QPR."
Paladini added: "The vultures are circling. That always happens with QPR. But we're not saying we will sell to anyone. It has to be the right people.
"We're committed to the club, we just realise we don't have the money to take it further and want others to come in and either help us or take over the club."
A number of parties have expressed an interest including an Israeli group fronted by former Tottenham and Liverpool striker Ronnie Rosenthal, which has failed to prove it has sufficient funds.
And a consortium has this week been discussing approaching the club with an offer.
But at this stage the most likely addition to the Rangers board is Bill Power - the former chairman who was booted out by Paladini and Caliendo in 2005 following a bitter battle for control.
Power has invested in Swindon since his public fall-out with Paladini and has been involved in a takeover bid for the Wilt-shire club.
But the pair have recently rebuilt bridges and Paladini believes Power may return.
"The door is open for Bill," said Paladini.
"I don't think he wants to buy the club but the opportunity is there, if he wants it, to come back and work with me."
Bar an angry exchange with disenchanted club president Harold Winton and a couple of questions about ongoing financial concerns, Paladini and other directors were given a fairly easy ride at last week's annual general meeting of shareholders.
It was confirmed that Rangers made a loss of £3.3million in 2006 - up from £2.6m the previous year. A loss of around £2.6m for 2007 is predicted. Ealing Gazette


QPR Supposedly Unhappy that China Not Punished by FIFA
Sunday Mirror - ROW ISN'T BRAWL OVER By Alistair Grant 24/06/2007
QPR have demanded FIFA tell them why China have not been fined for starting the kung-fu brawl which landed Rangers a £20,000 FA rap on Friday.
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INJURIES
QPR Official Site - PAIN FOR PAT
Pat Kanyuka will miss the start of pre-season after tearing a thigh muscle.

EX-QPR FRONT
Danny Dichio played, but didn't score as his Toronto FC lost 0-3 to New England Revolution.
Chris Wright..Sunday Telegraph "Chrysalis Group to sell radio stations
Chrysalis Group is finalising the £170m sale of its radio stations Heart, Galaxy and LBC to financier Michael Tabor. ...Chairman Chris Wright will stay on to lead the rump of the company, a music publishing business valued at £105m .

Reported various places: Burnley's Cotterill denies Burnley are interested in ex-QPR's Clarke Carlisle for 300,000 pounds..."

The Times - Luton want Furlong
Luton Town want to sign Paul Furlong,

Watford Vital Football is claiming that Chelsea's Mancienne is set to join Watford on season loan.

The Players Return
QPR Official Site - June 26, 2007 - FITNESS FIRST
The R's first team squad returned to pre-season training today (Tuesday), as the hard work begins in earnest ahead of the 2007/08 Coca Cola Championship campaign.
Manager John Gregory, flanked by his backroom staff, put the players through their paces at the Club's Harlington Training Ground this morning.
Sports Performance Manager Joe Dunbar, assisted by members of the R's backroom team, was on hand to test the players' physical fitness levels, ahead of the real work beginning next Wednesday... QPR

Shrewsbury vs QPR: July 31
QPR announce will be playing Shrewsbury, July 31 at Shrewsbury (Not yet announced by Shrewsbury!)

Negotiations Between QPR & Wycombe Over Tommy Doherty Move Continue
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Wycombe Official Site - LEON JOHNSON SIGNS - By Alan Parry - 25/06/07
"... ...negotiations are continuing with Queens Park Rangers over the possible transfer of midfielder Tommy Doherty.... Wycombe

More on Nardiello, Doherty and Paladini "I'm Fed up with Fulham" - Ben Kosky/Kilburn Times
Ben Kosky/Kilburn Times - Dan's R man!
26 June 2007
Rangers rejected an approach from neighbours Fulham [for Lee Cook]last week and chairman Gianni Paladini confirmed that no other concrete bids for Cook have yet been made. He said: "I'm fed up with Fulham, to be honest. I've made it clear that, unless anyone offers the right money, we're not interested in selling our best players."... Derby County have also shown interest in Cook...
Rangers missed out on ... Charlton midfielder Radostin Kishishev decided to sign for Championship rivals Leicester on a free transfer. The Rs were one of four Championship clubs to approach the 32-year-old Bulgarian....
[D]eparting Loftus Road next week is midfielder Tommy Doherty after QPR accepted a bid from Wycombe ...He will move for a small fee-....[Coach] Hill is expected to leave the club shortly after Gregory appointed Colchester assistant manager Mick Harford as first-team coach. Full Article by Ben Kosky at Kilburn Times

."QPR Officially Announce Warren Neil Remaining as QPR Coach
QPR Official Site -DEAL FOR NEILL
The Club are delighted to announce that Warren Neill will be staying on as Coach.
The 44 year-old, who spent eight successful years in W12 as a player, joined John Gregory's backroom team on a temporary basis towards the end of last season.....QPR

Chelsea's Ben Sahar to QPR?
Haaretz - Sports shorts
"...Chelsea is expected to announce today that it will lend Ben Sahar to Championship club Queen's Park Rangers. After Charlton said it was uninterested in Sahar, who has asked to remain in London, the option of his being lent to QPR was raised, and the Israeli is expected to accept it. "Even though I prefer to play in the Premier League, the club (QPR) has lots of fans and is in London," Sahar said. The loan is expected to last until January. (Uzi Dann) Haaretz

Daily Mirror
"...Meanwhile, Chelsea are also willing to let Israeli striker Ben Sahar start the new season on loan in the championship. London clubs Charlton and QPR are both possible destinations for the frontman for the first five months of the new campaign
Mirror

Ex-QPR Chairman Bill Power on his Continued Interest in Swindon Takeover
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Swidnon Advertizer - SWINDON TOWN: Trust want CVA answers
By Gareth Moorhouse
TRUSTSTFC chairman Paul Davis has challenged Swindon Town officials to reveal their hand as the clock ticks down towards the deadline for the CVA payment.....
Meanwhile, the Swindon Advertiser understands a new investor has shown an interest in the club, in addition to the previous mystery investor' and the Bill Power-led consortium bid.
But as the club continues negotiations behind closed doors, Davis wants reassurance the board can meet their financial obligations....
Davis would also like to see the club re-open negotiations with Bill Power about a possible takeover.
The two parties are currently at loggerheads over the £1.2 million which Power claims was a loan, with a court battle the likely outcome.
Power told the Swindon Advertiser: "I'm still open to persuasion, but at this moment it looks like we're going down the legal route.
"I've spoken to a QC and the documents are currently being prepared.
"I would still love to take over the club with the consortium. If the club were willing to offer the deal we first discussed I would sign it right now.
"But all of a sudden there was a totally different deal on the table. I will not sign that now and I will never sign it."
Power also dismissed claims he was about to launch a takeover bid at Queen's Park Rangers, where he was chairman for two years between 2003 and 2005.
He said: "I still have a lot of friends at QPR and I have dinner with the chairman quite regularly, but I still want to take over at Swindon.
"I've had nothing but kindness from the Swindon fans. I don't want to see their club go into administration again because I know how deeply that will affect them.
"I know what I agreed to, and the difference between that and what the board want me to sign is like chalk and cheese.
"I've been left with no other option but to go down the legal route." Swindon Advertizer

Ex-QPR Update: Tony Roberts and Danny Shittu
Barking and Dagenham Post - 27 June 2007 NEIL TRAINIS.
....Negotiations regarding the reimbursement of a reported £150,000 insurance money that is preventing goalkeeper Tony Roberts from playing in the Football League is thought to be ongoing.
The pay-out was awarded to the Welshman by an unnamed insurance company when he broke a finger while playing for Millwall in 1998 and was forced to retire from professional football.
He is due a testimonial against West Ham at Victoria Road on July 14 having amassed 311 appearances during a seven-year stay at the League Two newcomers but the likelihood of Daggers' longest-serving player gracing the Football League again remains in the balance, with 45 days to go before the start of the season.
Compromise
Still has suggested in recent weeks that progress is being made and he and chairman Dave Andrews are quietly confident that a compromise can be struck, but it is unclear whether the insurance company are willing to accept less than the amount they paid out and there has so far been no confirmation on Daggers' website of a resolution to the discussions.
The hold-up has meant that an official announcement of Roberts signing a new two-year contract has also not materialised and the 37-year-old may be waiting to see what develops before committing his future to the Daggers. Report

Daily Mirror Rumour: Daily Mirror -DAN'S THE MAN FOR STRACHAN
CELTIC plan to offer Watford star Dan Shittu (above) the chance of Champions League football with a shock £2million swoop. The big Nigerian defender impressed at Vicarage Road but looks set to leave. And Celtic boss Gordon Strachan sees the 26-year-old as a potential replacement for Bobo Balde, who continues to struggle with injury problems Mirror

One Year Ago Today: Gary Waddock (Officially) Appointed QPR Manager
June 28, 2006: Gary Waddock (Officially) Appointed QPR Manager (as Ian Holloway is appointed Manager of Plymouth).

One Year Ago Today: "The Trial" Concluded (With Not-Guilty Verdicts)
One year ago today, June 28, 2006 "The Trial" came to a conclusion as the remainder of the accused were found not guilty. Below: How the trial's conclusion was reported at the time)

QPR Youth Head Joe Gallen "Departs"
QPR Official Site - GALLEN DEPARTS
28 Jun 2007
After being called to a meeting with Manager John Gregory at the Club's Harlington Training complex this morning, Head of Youth Joe Gallen has left the Club with immediate effect.
Gallen, 34, joined the Club in October 1998.
Commenting on Gallen's departure, Gregory told www.qpr.co.uk: "We thank Joe for the contribution he has made to the Club during his time here and wish him every success in the future.'' QPR

Gallen's departure is already reflected in the updated staff directory

[Also listed in the Staff Directory: QPR's recently-appointed "Commercial and Communications Director" Paul Parker (which QPR in its official announcement described as a "temporary appointment". However despite Parker's title, there is no phone number or email address provided.]

QPR Supposedly Want Chelsea's Sinclair on Loan and Supposedly have Agreeds Smith/Mancienne Loans
-Daily Mail: QPR target Sinclair as their third man
Queens Park Rangers will attempt to sign Chelsea's Scott Sinclair on loan when they finally sell Lee Cook. Rangers have already been told they can have Chelsea pair Jimmy Smith and Michael Mancienne on six-month deals after both spent last year on loan at the Loftus Road club.

Plymouth Evening Herald -ARGYLE MAKE GALLEN OFFER
CHRIS ERRINGTON - 28 June 2007

Plymouth Argyle manager Ian Holloway is confident of completing the signing of striker Kevin Gallen.Gallen, 31 (pictured right), has been offered a one-year contract by the Pilgrims this week and they are awaiting his response.
It follows his release by Championship rivals Queens Park Rangers at the end of last season.
Gallen spent the final four months of last term on loan to Argyle, making a total of 16 appearances and scoring twice.
Holloway hopes a deal can be agreed with Gallen before Argyle start pre-season training on Monday.
But, if not, the Pilgrims' boss believes Gallen could still report back with the rest of the first team squad.
Holloway told Herald Sport: "I'm very, very hopeful indeed that Kevin will sign for us.
"I talked to his agent a couple of days ago and then spoke to the board of directors. I'm delighted they have agreed to support me in this.
"Kevin has been around a bit, and been to other clubs and not done as well as he should have, but I still believe he could add a lot to us.
"Hopefully, we can come up with a deal which Kevin agrees is right and the club agrees is right."
Meanwhile, Holloway has still to decide whether to add another defender to his squad after the £50,000 transfer of centre-back Hasney Aljofree to Swindon Town last week...One defender Holloway has been linked with is Watford's Clarke Carlisle...
Evening Herald

TEAMTALK - John Gregory on Nardiello and Blackstock
QPR boss John Gregory believes new signing Daniel Nardiello can form the perfect strike pairing with Dexter Blackstock.
Nardiello agreed a two-year deal with Rangers earlier this week after turning down Norwich and former club Barnsley, and Gregory is confident the 24-year-old will be the ideal foil for Blackstock.
Gregory said: "He might just be what we are looking for in terms of a long-term partner for Dexter.
"No-one really expected (Colchester striker) Jamie Cureton to score the goals he did last season, but he struck up an interesting relationship with Chris Iwelumo, and I am hopeful we will see something similar from Danny and Dex.
"Danny is an intelligent player, who is capable of playing anywhere in the attacking third. His goalscoring record is impressive at this level, so it is an exciting signing for the club." Teamtalk


[BBC] - Mark Stein becomes new Barnet physio
Barnet have appointed much-travelled former Chelsea striker Mark Stein as their new physiotherapist.

BBC Nikki Bull - Aldershot goalkeeper Nikki Bull has confirmed talks about his future are still going on.

Bucks Free Press - Tommy Doherty
WANDERERS' bid to sign last year's Player of the Year Tommy Doherty could be derailed because he is stuck in a foreign hospital.
The QPR midfielder, who spent much of last season on loan at Wycombe, is stuck in the Bahamas after having an emergency operation to remove his appendix.


Cureton completes Norwich switch

Ben Sahar to QPR says The Times

Shittu to Derby for 3 million says The Sun

Clarke Carlisle to Plymouth?

Kevin Gallen to Plymouth? Holloway is quoted as having offered the deal and is waiting for a response but is optomistic.

Steve Lomas to Gillingham