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EVERYTHING CHANGES
Monday 3rd September 2007
by Ron Norris
Saturday 1st
September could prove to be the most momentous day in Queens
Park Rangers history. The confirmation of the takeover means
this football club looks set to change forever.
Flavio Briatore
looks to be the public face of the deal, he is the one going to
games and joining the board, he has excellent contacts within
Italian football and a proven business background.
Personally I
would have been delighted to just have him take over but the
involvement of Bernie Ecclestone has really put the cat amongst
the pigeons.
Let’s be clear
we are talking about a serious amount of money here! To put it
in perspective Bernie is worth more than Randy Learner (Aston
Villa), Malcolm Glazer (Manchester United), Tom Hicks
(Liverpool), Mike Ashley (Newcastle, although only just to be
fair!) and Thaksin Shinawatra (Manchester City).
Of course
there’s no guarantee that we’ll have the same sort of financial
backing their new clubs have enjoyed however to have that amount
of cash behind is frankly staggering.
So where are we
headed in the future? Big signings, a new stadium, the Premier
League? Possibly, sounds exciting doesn’t it. There’s always a
flip side though, you could easily change those statements to
overpaid mercenaries, bland football bowl, and stupidly
expensive weekends if you wanted to be negative.
To be fair
there’s been no such over promising from Bernie and Flavio. They
have told BBC Radio London today that they want the club back in
the top flight within four years, that they will restructure the
whole place from top to bottom and that QPR fans deserve a
professionally run football club. That all sounds good to me, we
are talking about two people with a proven record of success,
and I’ve no reason to think they will start failing now.
No one knows
what the coming months and years will bring, but I can bet it
will be a hell of a lot better than the continuing misery and
heartache we looked set for if things had gone on the way they
were.
This is going
to be a hell of ride, jump on board and enjoy! |
