QPR: My Take On The R’s Summer Transfer Business

Over spending, sustainability, crazy, gung ho … All words you will see scattered around when reading about the transfer activity surrounding Queens Park Rangers, yet is this the truth?

Based on facts, no. As it stands, QPR are the busiest Premier League club of the 20 with regards to player recruitment but how much outlay have QPR actually made?

Players brought in:

Ryan Nelsen – Free

Andrew Johnson- Free

Junior Hoilett – Free

Rob Green – Free

Julio Cesar – Free

Fabio – Loan

Ji Sung Park – £2m

Esteban Granero – £6.5m (rising to £9m on appearances)

Stephane M’Bia – undisclosed

Sam Magri – Free

Outgoings:

Paddy Kenny – £900,000

Matthew Connolly – £400,000

Heidur Helguson – £200,000

Tommy Smith £250,000

Lee Cook – Released

Rowan Vine – Released

Patrick Agyemang – Released

Joey Barton – loan

LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 28: Ji Sung Park of Queens Park Rangers during the Capital One Cup Second Round match between Queens Park Rangers and Walsall at Loftus Road on August 28, 2012 in London, England.

The outlay for eight players of a much higher calibre of player stands at approximately £6.5m – an extremely modest amount for a Premier League club. To most that would indicate extremely good business on QPR’s part. Would we have been happier spending £8m on a relatively unknown quantity like Jordan Rhodes? Or how about Steven Fletcher for £12m? I don’t think so.

Of course it is easy for neutral fan or fans of rivals to mock the transfer policy of QPR, thinking we are wildly overspending & throwing money around yet many fail to deal in facts, one being that QPR earned approx £46m last season through Sky TV coverage which will rise to nearer £60m for the forthcoming season due to new global TV rights. Not to mention season tickets sold out in advance of the season & a lucrative pre season tour of Asia, all culminating in a very healthy pot for the board of the club.

QPR chairman Tony Fernandes has only come out this week publicly on Twitter to announce the QPR wage bill is down on last seasons, not up. People gasped ‘how could that be’ I really don’t know but what I do know is give this team 8-10 games to gel & with the board the club has in place I can see only great things ahead for QPR in the not so distant future.

My tip for fellow Rangers fans? Keep your passports ready, I have a feeling they will be getting a good airing soon.