The owners of QPR were asked if they would sell the team with one restriction.
Over the course of his 14 years with the Hoops, the Malaysian businessman has seen his ownership position in the team increase. When Tony Fernandes was appointed chairman in 2011, he was a significant shareholder. In 2015, he was appointed co-chairman, and when Fernandes sold his whole stake in the club in 2023, he now controls 60% of it.
After ten seasons in the Championship, QPR has yet to finish higher than ninth in any of those ten seasons. Although there have been rumours of moving from Loftus Road to a larger stadium and the opening of a new training facility in 2023, there hasn’t been much evidence that the current investment is actually going somewhere. However, some R’s supporters are hoping to compete in the top six for the first time since they moved up in 2014 after a successful summer in terms of player acquisitions and hiring a quality coach. According to Football League World’s QPR fan analyst Louis Moir, Gnanalingam might try to move on if the team does improve.
Moir began by praising the present management for remaining committed to the team during this protracted Championship changeover. Coming down from the Premier League might be difficult for some teams, but Gnanalingam and company have made sure QPR stays solid. But now, it’s unclear exactly what the next steps are. “Our owners have stuck by the club, and I’ll give them credit for that, but I think one thing I’m quite intrigued about is what their end goal is?” Moir asked
We’ve found a new training facility, so is a new stadium the next step, given that they’ve been here for more than ten years? “I’d be really curious to see if we were promoted, for example, because that would be the ideal time to sell and possibly earn more money in the Premier League. ‘That’s our job done,’ perhaps they’re saying. The QPR owners would have more assets to sell for a more desirable Premier League team to purchase because everyone is aware of how much money a team makes when they are promoted to the top division.
“After the mistakes they have made, to say that they’ve been able to get the club into a stable place and then back to the Premier League, I would love to know if that’s the answer,” Moir went on. “Almost as if it’s their way of saying ‘we’ve gotten rid of the mistakes, got them to the Premier League, let’s leave on a good note and look to say farewell,'” In my opinion, that would be intriguing because, if we are only a Championship club that isn’t making any progress, you may question why we should stay.
“So my question to them would be: Is the goal to get to the Premier League, and then look to sell?” This season might be the best time to do so if, as Moir indicated, the objective is to return the team to the Premier League before looking to sell. On the pitch, the Hoops appear to be as strong as they have been in the past ten years, and their manager in the dugout has successfully navigated the top flight of France.
QPR is starting to settle into the Championship this season after a slow start, and it appears like they may be among the outsiders vying for a spot in the top six. Fans have been patient for a long time, but it might not be long before that patience begins to pay off, since the R’s have ended in the bottom half in seven of their ten Championship seasons during their present tenure.
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