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Daily Mail - Mancienne: QPR will be revitalised by takeover
Michael Mancienne has welcomed Flavio Briatore's impending takeover at Queens Park Rangers, insisting the Italian's investment can take the club back into the Premier League.
Mancienne is on a season's loan at QPR from Chelsea, but he believes the arrival of new funds could ensure they play against his parent club in the top flight next season.
Briatore, who is best known as the managing director of the Renault team in Formula One, is on the verge of securing a £20million buy-out of the club and will clear their £17m debt.
The move looks set to bring an end to the uncertainty that has surrounded the club for the past few years with chairman Gianni Paladini, who is set to stay on in his role, fearing they were heading towards liquidation.
Mancienne admits the worries over QPR's future had affected the dressing room, but now feels the club will be able to challenge at the top rather than the bottom of the Championship.
He said: “There have been a lot of rumours around the club, so it will be great that they can get out of debt and sign a few players now.
“There has been a bit of talk in the dressing room about whether a takeover would happen so now we can concentrate on the football.
“We haven't got off to the best of starts, but I am sure we can bounce back. QPR are a big club and if they have a bit of money to spend on players they can challenge at the top of the Championship.
"I have been at QPR for nearly a year now as I was on loan for seven months last season and while my heart is at Chelsea, I do feel part of the club.
“They have given me my chance and I want to repay them.”
The good news just seems to keep coming this month for the 19-year-old, who started it with signing a new threeyear contract at Chelsea and then received his first call-up to the England Under-21 squad.
Mancienne is in line to win his first cap against Romania tonight, but it was meeting his idol and Under-21 coach Stuart Pearce that caused him to be most nervous.
The defender was only eight-years-old when he saw just why Pearce earned the nickname of 'psycho' after seeing his mad celebration when he scored in a penalty shoot-out against Spain in Euro 96.
He added: “I had my first training session yesterday and it was the first time I met Stuart Pearce and I couldn't believe it.
“He was one of my idols when I was growing up and I used to watch how he played for England.
“He is a legend in my eyes and I looked up to the way he played the game, his passion and desire.
I will never forget seeing him score that penalty against Spain in Euro 96 and I was only young then so I thought he was a bit scary. Obviously he had the nickname of psycho, but when I met him he wasn't too much of a psycho to me. He was really calm so there was nothing to be worried about!
“I want to match his passion on the pitch, though. There is no greater boost than having a legend like that tell you he likes the way you play.”
He also hopes to follow in the footsteps of Chelsea and England captain John Terry, who developed into a top-class defender by playing for the Under-21s.
He said: “A number of great players have come through the Under-21s to the full national team.
“Obviously John Terry is one of them and he is the England captain now. He benefited from playing international football at a young age and it helped him in his Chelsea career.
“I want to follow in his footsteps, not just at Chelsea but with England too.
“QPR offer me great experience of first-team football in the Championship, but to play against the best European youngsters can only take me on to another level.” Mail
Also: QPR Official Site on Mancienne's (and other QPRs) callup
Also Blackstock Talking re International Duty with England U-21
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