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According to an article by Dave McIntyre in the Ealing Gazette.
Dave McIntyre - Ealing Gazette - Paladini ready to sell up - Jun 14 2007
Chairman to tell shareholders he will accept £4m
QPR'S Italian owners are ready to sell the club for around £4 million.
Chairman Gianni Paladini says he is willing to part with his shares for the price he bought them for and that fellow investors Antonio Caliendo and Franco Zanotti will do the same.
It means that after a year of being merely open to offers, the trio - who together own around 62 per cent of the club - have now gone a step further and effectively put Rangers up for sale.
A group fronted by former Liverpool and Tottenham striker Ronny Rosenthal is among a number of parties to have expressed an interest. Another group is due to enter discussions about a possible takeover today (Thursday).
Paladini paid around £650,000 for a 22 per cent stake back in 2004 and ousted Bill Power as chairman a year later following a bitter struggle for control.
For the full story, read tomorrow's edition of the Gazette.
Also in tomorrow's paper: Marc Bircham's amazing contention that Paladini forced him out of the club, and the chairman's response to the allegations....
. Ealing Gazette