Fernandes fesses up......

[Rangers77]

“I’m such an accessible person it was so easy to get hold of me. I was probably easy prey, new meat. I’m not going to pretend I didn’t I make mistakes.”

Persuaded by agents to sign the past-it and the has-been on vast wages, hiring (and firing) managers in quick succession, ending up with a wage bill at more than twice the annual turnover, in the process accruing a record fine for breaching financial fair play regulations: Fernandes’s mistakes were not insubstantial. And that is without mentioning the two relegations from the Premier League under his watch.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/...nally-getting/

[Olly]

I don't care, he's a nice guy, just what this club needs.

[Fraggy]

Good read. Thanks for posting 77.

[Ginger Ninja]

None of that is news though is it? Everyone knew all that already.

[Bluehoop]

Good read. Thanks for posting 77.

You can read the full article at post 282 on the Messages from the Chairman thread

[Rangers77]

You can read the full article at post 282 on the Messages from the Chairman thread

Gotta be up early to beat Stanley to anything......

[Bluehoop]

Gotta be up early to beat Stanley to anything......

Yeah, I think it has something to do with insomnia

[Hubble]

It's really hard not to like the guy when he says stuff like this:


"And yet, never mind the almost continuous attempts to part him from his money, Fernandes says he loves being in charge at QPR. The word he uses is addicted.

“Yup, I’m an addict,” he says. “Not so much to football as QPR. I was invited by my friend Roberto Carlos to go to Wembley for Spurs against Madrid and I said, sorry Robbie really I’m not interested. I went to the Champions League final when Chelsea beat Bayern and the Chelsea songs drove me mad. I’d rather watch QPR’s Under-18s than the World Cup final. I live near Loftus Road, walk to the ground on matchdays, and there’s nothing I enjoy more afterwards than going to the pub on Shepherd’s Bush Green and having a pint with the fans. I’m a one-woman man: I only love QPR.”

[Hitman34]

“I’m such an accessible person it was so easy to get hold of me. I was probably easy prey, new meat. I’m not going to pretend I didn’t I make mistakes.”

Persuaded by agents to sign the past-it and the has-been on vast wages, hiring (and firing) managers in quick succession, ending up with a wage bill at more than twice the annual turnover, in the process accruing a record fine for breaching financial fair play regulations: Fernandes’s mistakes were not insubstantial. And that is without mentioning the two relegations from the Premier League under his watch.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/...nally-getting/

ahhh poor old uncle. those horrible football men took advantage of our poor old bungle.

there there, #justwhatthedoctorordered

[Hertford Hoop]

Good read 77

[Hitman34]

" he insists he did not get into English football in order to promote Air Asia"

if he actually said that, then he is a liar.

i remember him vividly in one of his first statements say that he wants qpr to be his "advertising veichle" for air asia.

[Hitman34]

article from 2011


Fernandes, in an interview with the Guardian, was not all soft soap, however. He made no secret that he was motivated to buy QPR for £45m not only for the love of football, but as a sponsorship, marketing vehicle for AirAsia, where he remains a significant shareholder, and Malaysian Airlines, in which he and a partner more recently bought a 20% stake.

"Many people do not realise the power of sport to market a brand," said Fernandes, whose Lotus Formula One team is sponsored by AirAsia, which also sponsored last year's British Grand Prix and, for a time, Manchester United. "You can spend £40m on advertising and have nothing like the same effect. Around the world, everybody watches Premier League football."

https://www.theguardian.com/football/david-conn-inside-sport-blog/2011/aug/18/qpr-tony-fernandes

[hal9thou]

Whatever the motive, he has been a lamb to the slaughter both at F1 and now here. Bernie and Max weren't the last to bend him over, sadly.......

He can not have intended to see such spectacular losses, but like I said when he arrived success in business and success in sport - especially football - are not the same thing, and Uncle is one example among many who have found themselves taking it where the sun just wont shine. Harry got that bit right. Agents all over the world saw him coming.

[corbray]

" he insists he did not get into English football in order to promote Air Asia"

if he actually said that, then he is a liar.

i remember him vividly in one of his first statements say that he wants qpr to be his "advertising veichle" for air asia.

tbh i don't care why someone buys us as long as they do a good job, i think tony has grown to care about the club though or he at least comes across that way. we're still about 10 years away from being a secure club on the up though assuminh things go according to plan imo

[MattyRangers]

article from 2011


Fernandes, in an interview with the Guardian, was not all soft soap, however. He made no secret that he was motivated to buy QPR for £45m not only for the love of football, but as a sponsorship, marketing vehicle for AirAsia, where he remains a significant shareholder, and Malaysian Airlines, in which he and a partner more recently bought a 20% stake.

"Many people do not realise the power of sport to market a brand," said Fernandes, whose Lotus Formula One team is sponsored by AirAsia, which also sponsored last year's British Grand Prix and, for a time, Manchester United. "You can spend £40m on advertising and have nothing like the same effect. Around the world, everybody watches Premier League football."



https://www.theguardian.com/football...tony-fernandes

But that isn't saying that is the reason he bought us is he? Simply stating what we all know; because he owns QPR, it has been great advertising?