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From The Independent - Independent
Exactly what is this woman doing at Blackburn Rovers?
As the head of Venky's, Anuradha Desai knows a lot about chickens but little about football – proved by her stewardship of Blackburn's rapid decline
".....Singh was driving the transfer business last summer when QPR were convinced they had secured the signing of Danny Murphy from Fulham on the kind of low-wage, short-term, incentivised salary which 35-year-olds must expect. Mark Hughes was expecting Murphy to turn up for a medical, and inquiries were made when he did not. To the surprise of all concerned, he had been offered a remarkable two-year deal by Rovers, with an option to extend for a year, worth up to £45,000 a week.
There was also a sense of money being thrown away when QPR turned up at the tribunal appointed to agree the transfer fee to buy Rovers' Junior Hoilett. Blackburn's lawyers said they would begin negotiations at around £5m. But Singh had already agreed a fee closer to £3m. The first the Rovers contingent heard of that was in the tribunal room. Singh has not responded to phone calls from The Independent on Sunday this week...." Independent
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Any old Iron: West Ham want Harry Redknapp to lead them into Olympic
By Tom Hopkinson
Harry Redknapp will be asked to lead West Ham towards the Olympic Stadium if they part company with Sam Allardyce, writes the Sunday People.
Senior board members want QPR chief Redknapp to make a sensational return to the club he managed from 1994 to 2001.
Allardyce, who spent the international break on holiday in Dubai, is out of contract at the end of the season and has yet to open talks on a new deal.
Big Sam has said he will wait until the Hammers Premier League status is assured before starting contract talks. But it is increasingly unlikely that he will stay on despite guiding the East End club back to the top flight last season.
Delays expected: Allardyce is yet to be offered a new deal
Jamie McDonald
And Redknapp, struggling to keep QPR in the Premier League, will be prominent on the list of potential successors at the club, who are due to move to the Olympic Stadium in 2016.
West Ham are well aware that brokering a deal to take him back across London will not be easy, not least because he has a QPR contract until June 2015.
There would also be some opposition to Redknapp at board level, as well as from some supporters.
The Hammers were confirmed as tenants of the Olympic Stadium on Friday – but while co-owners David Gold and David Sullivan, vice-chairman Karren Brady and several players were there for the announcement, Allardyce was absent.
A club spokesman insisted there had never any plans for Allardyce to be at the announcement.
Mirror
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