QPR chairman furious over players' attitudes

QPR Chairman Tony Fernandes (R) and Chief Executive Philip Beard

The Queens Parks Rangers chairman’ Tony Fernandes is furious over the attitude of some of his players and accused them of not being serious and taking the club’s money and not giving their best.

With QPR and Reading getting relegated at the same time after the 0-0 draw on Sunday, the Malaysian launched an attack on his squad, who are estimated to have the eighth highest wage bill in the Premier League.

The Telegraph quoted Tony as saying, “It has shocked me. It’s an alien concept to me that someone takes someone’s salary, doesn’t put 100 per cent in, thinks, ‘Oh, we lost. No big deal. What club are we going to tonight?”

“Whatever I have done as a job, for whoever has hired me, I put in 150 per cent. It’s in my character. If I am taking someone else’s money, then I am going to work bloody hard for that person.”

“I haven’t said it throughout the season because it wasn’t right to be said, but it hurt me when I saw some of the players who didn’t feel the way I felt. In their case, it should be worse because this is their job, it’s their life.”

“It was probably the low point for me when I saw the reaction of some of the players. We want players that want to play for us. Players that want to win. Players who get disappointed like I do when we lose. It’s heart-breaking for me when we lose. I don’t want to go out, I just want to stay at home.”

However, Fernandes confirmed to the Daily Telegraph that Redknapp would be staying at the club.

“I can say, for the record, that Harry is staying.”