OLE SUPER WILBERT 2,475 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Ouch!QPR are facing a possible £60million fine from the Football League, according to a newspaper report.The Mail on Sunday claims the west London club made a loss of £80million during the 2012-13 Barclays Premier League season, which ended in relegation to the Sky Bet Championship, after signing dozens of players on expensive contracts.Christopher Samba, Park Ji-sung, Julio Cesar, Jermaine Jenas and Loic Remy - who apart from Samba all remain on QPR's payroll - are among the players who have reportedly earned salaries of over £100,000 per week in recent seasons.The Football League's new Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules will see overspending clubs taxed for their losses, with Championship clubs paying a £1 fine for every £1 they lose over £18million in the 2013-14 financial year.QPR can expect to receive a sizeable fine in January 2015 should they be promoted to the top flight at the end of the current season. The club could, however, temporarily avoid a fine if they fail to win promotion.Quoted in the Mail on Sunday, a Football League spokesman said: "This is the first season in which clubs will ultimately face sanctions (for overspending)."Clubs have to submit their accounts for 2013-14 to us by December 1, 2014, with sanctions levied early in 2015. If a club being sanctioned are in the Premier League by then, the fine will need to be paid."QPR's accounts for 2012-13 have not yet been made public.Harry Redknapp's side are currently third in the Championship table and tied on points with Leicester for the second automatic promotion place after 15 games.QPR's majority shareholder and chairman Tony Fernandes later took to Twitter to claim the report was "not accurate".Through his official account he wrote: "QPR fans please ignore Article."Shows how big our brand has become that people need to write stories that are just not accurate."Stay focused on getting back to the premier league. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnstone Burgh 1,637 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Hope so Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalvinC 1,414 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Naughty boys. They will probably try get us paying the fucking fine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jela 20,361 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Fuck them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Their spending was/is utterly barmy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigo 32,526 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Bad yin. My cousin is a QPR fan and as a result I like em a bit too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwhiteandblue 3,330 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 So they are going to get a fine off the football league for their accounts in 2012/13, when they didn't even play in the league? Doesn't make sense. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goianegra 4,682 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Fining clubs for having financial difficulties (despite it being their own fucking fault) is just confusing to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cos88 283 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 If they are paying Jermaine fucking Jenas £100,000+ per week then they deserve all they get. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Williamson. 82,141 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Shite club. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hilts 12,819 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 hope they are fined. horrible little club with far more money than they deserve. last season they had 4 Champions League winners in their squad Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigo 32,526 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 hope they are fined. horrible little club with far more money than they deserve. last season they had 4 Champions League winners in their squadJust because their owners just now are profligate doesn't make them a horrible wee club. The club is the fans who are not responsible for that, same way we were not responsible for shyte. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wullyRFC 5,230 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Did anyone see the BBC documentary that was a few years ago about QPR? They basically got behing the scenes access to QPRs at board level to film the 4 year plan they had to get into the EPL.The owner just kept hiring and firing every time they dropped points it was mental. It's one way to get promoted but it was never going to last it was like they were gambling with virtual money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Did anyone see the BBC documentary that was a few years ago about QPR? They basically got behing the scenes access to QPRs at board level to film the 4 year plan they had to get into the EPL.The owner just kept hiring and firing every time they dropped points it was mental. It's one way to get promoted but it was never going to last it was like they were gambling with virtual money.Aye, brilliant programme.Although that was the previous ownership, Tony Fernandes is the one that's really went way over the top spending wise. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wullyRFC 5,230 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Aye, brilliant programme.Although that was the previous ownership, Tony Fernandes is the one that's really went way over the top spending wise.Ah right nutjobs the lot of them.Think I watched it on a Sunday night/Monday morning and watched it right through even though I was up at 6.Great insight to what it's really like at the top of a football club. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hilts 12,819 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Did anyone see the BBC documentary that was a few years ago about QPR? They basically got behing the scenes access to QPRs at board level to film the 4 year plan they had to get into the EPL.The owner just kept hiring and firing every time they dropped points it was mental. It's one way to get promoted but it was never going to last it was like they were gambling with virtual money.yeah I saw that. I remember they had a hidden camera beside the owners in the stand, and they were calling the manager at the time (can't remember who) a tit and a prick haha Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopter 310 Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 They can use my 33 quid I paid for a restricted view in a 0 -0 v Brighton to help cushion the blow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Fining clubs for having financial difficulties (despite it being their own fucking fault) is just confusing to me.Deterrent if anything I'd think, and once they make the rules they need to implement them. Not that UEFA are likely to ever really implement theirs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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