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Former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan has told talkSPORT QPR will NOT be hit with a points deduction - as they have done nothing wrong.
The Championship title winners are going before an independent regulatory commission this week over charges of breaching FA third-party ownership rules, in relation to the £3.5million signing of Alejandro Faurlin in July 2009.
Reports this week claimed the club are facing a hefty points deduction if found guilty of the seven charges levelled at them, which could see them stripped of their automatic promotion place.
But Jordan says Rangers have no case to answer, as Faurlin was bought by the club before the FA brought in new third-party ownership rules following the much-publicised Carlos Tevez saga.
He told Keys & Gray: “The case they have got is flimsy. The FA and the Football League approved this transaction and were very well aware of what it was.
“The reason why this transaction has gone a little bit bandy is because QPR did something rather silly. It is often the case football clubs do this, they big up the cost of the player to appease their fans that they’re spending a load of dough.
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QPR are not going to get anything besides a slap across the wrist
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Simon Jordan
“What QPR did was they had a certain figure attached to this player and they also had some additional figures if they wanted to take him longer term. The figures they quoted were nowhere near the figures they paid.
“The FA cleared the money, the FA received the money, but when QPR start going out saying they spent £3.5million on a player and none of that has been spent that’s when the FA came along and said ‘hang on a second, where’s this other money gone?’. That’s where the investigation came from.
“Now the third-party rule that they’re trying to apply was not in operation at the time they signed this player. They’ve got nothing. QPR are not going to get anything besides a slap across the wrist. I don’t think they did anything wrong.”
And Jordan has hit out at the FA over their handling of the case, accusing a council member of being behind reports claiming QPR are set for a 15-point deduction.
"You can’t have an FA that leaks things," he added. "I know who leaked it. An FA councilor, a trusted individual, is leaking to The Sun that QPR have got a case to answer and the reasons why.
"When the FA last chose an England manager they couldn’t keep their mouths shut. Dave Richards was running around like a good-un. There’s a responsibility to act with a little bit of dignity, try to keep your own counsel, and make decisions which doesn’t involve the rest of the world having an opinion on it before you’ve made your decision.
Source: http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-ne...get-slap-wrist
Former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan has told talkSPORT QPR will NOT be hit with a points deduction - as they have done nothing wrong.
The Championship title winners are going before an independent regulatory commission this week over charges of breaching FA third-party ownership rules, in relation to the £3.5million signing of Alejandro Faurlin in July 2009.
Reports this week claimed the club are facing a hefty points deduction if found guilty of the seven charges levelled at them, which could see them stripped of their automatic promotion place.
But Jordan says Rangers have no case to answer, as Faurlin was bought by the club before the FA brought in new third-party ownership rules following the much-publicised Carlos Tevez saga.
He told Keys & Gray: “The case they have got is flimsy. The FA and the Football League approved this transaction and were very well aware of what it was.
“The reason why this transaction has gone a little bit bandy is because QPR did something rather silly. It is often the case football clubs do this, they big up the cost of the player to appease their fans that they’re spending a load of dough.
“
QPR are not going to get anything besides a slap across the wrist
”
Simon Jordan
“What QPR did was they had a certain figure attached to this player and they also had some additional figures if they wanted to take him longer term. The figures they quoted were nowhere near the figures they paid.
“The FA cleared the money, the FA received the money, but when QPR start going out saying they spent £3.5million on a player and none of that has been spent that’s when the FA came along and said ‘hang on a second, where’s this other money gone?’. That’s where the investigation came from.
“Now the third-party rule that they’re trying to apply was not in operation at the time they signed this player. They’ve got nothing. QPR are not going to get anything besides a slap across the wrist. I don’t think they did anything wrong.”
And Jordan has hit out at the FA over their handling of the case, accusing a council member of being behind reports claiming QPR are set for a 15-point deduction.
"You can’t have an FA that leaks things," he added. "I know who leaked it. An FA councilor, a trusted individual, is leaking to The Sun that QPR have got a case to answer and the reasons why.
"When the FA last chose an England manager they couldn’t keep their mouths shut. Dave Richards was running around like a good-un. There’s a responsibility to act with a little bit of dignity, try to keep your own counsel, and make decisions which doesn’t involve the rest of the world having an opinion on it before you’ve made your decision.
Source: http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-ne...get-slap-wrist