Mikhail Chigorin wrote:BlueinBosnia wrote:Aren't there supposed to be loads of financial ramifications for QPR if they go down? I've been looking for something on the current situation in the press over the past couple of weeks, but haven't seen anything...
The contracts of a dozen, or more, of their better/best, higher profile squad players all run out together this summer.
After these, they've hardly got any others left of any quality and who might command a fee to defray the cost of rebuilding the side, so there'll be an almighty exodus this summer, with minimal cash coming in to buy new players for the Championship.
Although the wage bill will dramatically reduce because of this exodus, by all accounts they've got sizeable debts to confront and their 'parachute' payments will only go so far.
On the face of it, it's not inconceivable that, next season, they could be relegated again (down into League 1) and, if so, I think 'Arry Twitcher must take some of the responsibility for wasting and needlessly squandering a lot of the money that the owner made available to him.
It's not impossible that they might almost become another Portsmouth, if they're not careful.
Or a Wigan.