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Snippet in The Mail/Charles Sale - Money talks for Mittal
- Lakshmi Mittal is understood to have offered £50million to buy out BernIe Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore and restore his son-in-law Amit Bhatia in overall command at QPR.
- But the Formula One pair, who bought their stake in the now Premier League club for £20m, are holding out for £100m despite Ecclestone’s admitted lack of interest in football." Daily Mail
- Marking Six Years of QPR Report
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PARMA OFFICIAL SITE
Google Translation
GOOGLE TRANSLATION - Transfer in England: Sports Media Communication Event
Thursday, June 16, 2011 19:27
". Parma 16 June 2011 - With regard to what appeared today at the Queens Park Rangers FC Parma states that the organization of the trip to England and its friendly, as the withdrawal of Levico, is run by the Sports Media Event which states the following: "It has failed the will of the English club to play a friendly in London on 5 August next with Parma. They are, however, problems arose concerning the availability date for the Loftus Road stadium. It is therefore trying to find an alternative location in order to allow the disputing of 'meeting if the issues on the installation of QPR do not resolve in time. It will, however, concern the Sport Event Media should liaise with the London club to communicate as soon as the solution ".
IN ORIGINAL ITALIAN
Parma Official SIte - Trasferta in Inghilterra: comunicazione Sport Media Event
Giovedì 16 Giugno 2011 19:27
Parma 16 giugno 2011 - In merito a quanto apparso in data odierna sul sito del Queens Park Rangers, il Parma fc precisa che l'organizzazione della trasferta in Inghilterra e delle relative amichevoli, come per il ritiro di Levico, è curata dalla Sport Media Event che comunica quanto segue: "Non è venuta meno la volontà del club inglese di disputare l'amichevole di Londra del 5 agosto prossimo con il Parma. Sono però emerse problematiche relative alla disponibilità per quella data dello stadio Loftus Road. Si sta pertanto cercando di trovare una sede alternativa al fine di consentire il disputarsi dell' incontro se le problematiche relative all'impianto del QPR non dovessero risolversi in tempo utile. Sarà comunque premura della Sport Media Event che tiene i contatti con il club londinese comunicare quanto prima la soluzione adottata Parma
QPR Official Site - NO PARMA FRIENDLY AT LOFTUS ROAD
Thu 16 Jun 2011
- The Club is aware that various sources have announced that the R's will play host to Parma in a pre-season friendly in early August.
- However, we can confirm that no friendly against the Italian Club will be taking place at Loftus Road.
- As always, we would encourage supporters to note that no QPR news is official until it appears on www.qpr.co.uk, or via our other social networking platforms.
- Further details with regards to our pre-season preparations will be announced in due course.
http://www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~2377084,00.html?
Jacob Murtagh/Fulham Chronicle - Parma axe QPR friendly
- PARMA have pulled the plug on their pre-season friendly with QPR – leaving the R's in a desperate search for a top-class replacement.
-Rangers were due to host the Italian side at Loftus Road on August 6 – just seven days before the start of the new season.
- So far, QPR have arranged friendlies with non-league trio Harrow Borough, Tavistock and Bodmin Town, with the most high-profile being trips to League Two Plymouth Argyle and Crawley.
- To make matters worse for boss Neil Warnock, any chance of facing a Championship opponent instead has been dashed as their campaign gets underway a week earlier.
- That leaves the hoops desperately trying to line up another foreign side in a bid to get a proper run-out ahead of their Premier League return. Fulham Chronicle
- Flashback: QPR Turn Down Parma Friendly
Goal.com - EXCLUSIVE By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent
QPR line up moves to sign Tottenham defender Kyle Naughton and Chelsea's Ryan Bertrand
Newly promoted Premier League club also target free agent Jay Bothroyd, Blackpool’s DJ Campbell and Hull’s Jimmy Bullard as Neil Warnock begins summer shopping spree
17 Jun 2011 08:07:00
Queens Park Rangers are in talks to sign Tottenham and Chelsea’s youthful full-backs Kyle Naughton and Ryan Bertrand, Goal.com can reveal.
Manager Neil Warnock has identified the England Under-21 internationals as two of his principal targets as he prepares to beef up his squad ahead of QPR’s return to the Premier League.
Warnock is also lining up moves for free agent Jay Bothroyd, Blackpool’s DJ Campbell and Hull City midfielder Jimmy Bullard.
Goal.com understands that the QPR manager will have a summer kitty of between £10 million and £15m to bring in new blood.
He has identified right-back, left-back, central midfield and centre forward as the key positions that require improving.
Rangers have enquired about taking Naughton, who came through the ranks at Sheffield United and was on the verge of making the first team when Warnock was manager, on a season-long loan. The newly promoted club also want first option on a £4m deal to sign the right-back if they stay up in the Premier League.
Spurs are willing to allow Naughton to go out on loan again following spells at Middlesbrough and Leicester City as there will be fierce competition for the right-back position at White Hart Lane next season, with Kyle Walker strongly tipped to establish himself as first choice ahead of Vedran Corluka and Younes Kaboul. Alan Hutton, who is a target for Aston Villa, Fulham and Sunderland, is expected to leave the club.
Bertrand, who has figured in England’s two Under-21 matches in the European Championships in Denmark, is highly regarded at Stamford Bridge but is behind Ashley Cole and Yuri Zhirkov in the pecking order.
QPR would rather buy the left-back than loan him as Premier League clubs are allowed to loan only two UK-based players per season. The Loftus Road club are preparing a £1.5m move for Bertrand, who has admitted he could be forced to leave Chelsea to get first-team football.
Rangers face a battle with Everton to land recently-capped England striker Bothroyd, who is available for free following his departure from Cardiff City.
Warnock is a long-time admirer of the 28-year-old and believes that the carrot of leading the line every week for a Premier League club and the attraction of returning to London will outweigh the possibility of marginally higher wages at Goodison Park.
DJ Campbell is also a target – in addition to and not instead of Bothroyd – and Rangers believe they can snare the Blackpool man for £1m. West Ham are interested but the striker has let potential suitors know that he would rather stay in the top flight.
Bullard, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Ipswich Town, is also highly regarded by Warnock and available for free even though he cost Hull a club-record £5m and has two years left on his contract.
The Tigers are keen to get Bullard, who is said to earn £45,000-a-week, off their wage bill and are willing to forsake a transfer fee to do so.
Rangers would only be able to afford half of what Bullard earns at Hull but want to make him a pivotal member of their midfield.
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- (Once linked in the Tabloids to QPR), Moggi and Giraudo Banned for Life
Who's In Charge of Transfers at Loftus Road?
Simple question: With no Chairman and CEO Ishan Sakensa; no Deputy Chairman, Amit Bhatia; No Deputy Managing Director, Ali Russell. No Club Secretary such as Sheila Marson. Who's in charge of Contract negotiations; making transfer deals and ensuring all paperwork in absolute, pristine order?
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