New CEO

[Sleeping Giants]

Christian Nourry replacing Lee Hoos

[shaggy24]

Hoos staying as chairman

Things obviously moving about and stuff going on hopefully for the better as can't get worse

[WestcountryRanger]

Was not expecting that ... I wonder who hired him? Guessing it's Ruben & co and it's nothing to do with future taker over rumours etc.

[Dedders]

Nourry led the detailed audit of QPR last summer as commissioned by the owners according to the announcement. And he still accepted the job………

[WestcountryRanger]

Blimey he's not the oldest is he ... all the best to him, he needs to start performing miracles & make some dosh appear from somewhere

[daveshads]

This, combined with zero activity so far in the window, leads me to suspect that a lot more is going on than we know right now.

[knocker]

This, combined with zero activity so far in the window, leads me to suspect that a lot more is going on than we know right now.

And from what he said, our zero activity is going to continue.

[SheepRanger]

Exciting times ahead even if we go down.

Doing things the right way for a change. Invest in infrastructure rather than trying to buy success.

[FurtiveFox]

at least it shows something is happening and they haven't just given up. Note that Reuben and Amit surfaced with their comments.

[SheepRanger]

at least it shows something is happening and they haven't just given up. Note that Reuben and Amit surfaced with their comments.

What did they say?
In the rubba dub right now....

[shaggy24]

What did they say?
In the rubba dub right now....

They said stay in the pub and get wasted and watch from behind the sofa Sunday !

[FurtiveFox]

usual platitudes about new guy and thanking Lee Hoos etc. Was more they both featured bearing in mind the rumours of falling out behind the scenes. It gives the illusion there may be a plan. Not saying it is a good plan though, just a plan!

[daveshads]

I Googled him and saw the quote below. Make what you will of it but it looks to me that we are definitely entering a new era....



According to Christian Nourry, managing partner at Retexo Intelligence, a football-specialist advisory firm supporting several American investors in club acquisitions, some are rushing in without a coherent plan. “There isn’t a universal definition of success in this field and this is exactly the trap that I see so many investors falling into,” he says.

“They decide that their multi-club structure must be everything at once: producing incredible young players, span multiple markets despite inter-club communication being hindered by genuine language barriers, achieve a style of play that transcends all the clubs they own and see every club they own achieve consistently impressive on-pitch results.

“So many of these objectives are, at least in the early years of a multi-club project, going to be antithetical to each other. My golden rule with a client in this area is: let’s pick a single initial objective, let’s build a strategy that is hyper-focused on constructing the most optimal multi-club configuration to achieve that objective.”

In particular, Textor has focused on investing in clubs with a strong reputation for producing young players and cites the example of Jeffinho – a 23-year-old Brazilian forward who joined Lyon from Botafogo in January for €10m – as an example of how the network can work.

[Isleworth116]

Looks positive to me. Big fan of using data in player recruitment.

[FurtiveFox]

Been described as the Lionel Messi of the footballing business world. If he can turn us around I might just start believing it!