"People will go mad" - QPR ownership claim made as Championship stay continues | OneFootball

FLW's QPR fan pundit believes the club's owners would sell if the right offer came in.

This article is part of Football League World's 'Terrace Talk' series, which provides personal opinions from our FLW Fan Pundits regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more...

Queens Park Rangers are coming towards the end of their tenth consecutive season in the Championship.

The R's were relegated from the Premier League in 2015, and since then, their best season was a ninth-place finish in the second tier during the 2020/21 campaign.

Rangers have finished 16th or lower in the Championship five times during the last eight seasons, so a return to the top flight does not appear to be imminent, with the threat of relegation to League One having been of greater concern during the last few years.

Given that QPR have failed to mount a promotion push in the Championship in the last decade, it could be argued that a change of ownership is needed if the club is going to once again reach the heights it did in the Championship during the early 2010s.

QPR fan pundit believes owners could sell

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We asked our QPR fan pundit, Louis Moir, whether he is confident that QPR's owners have the club's best interests at heart.

"It would probably be harsh to say that the owners do not care about the club," Louis said.

"I just do not think it is the same as what it was years ago in terms of their involvement. You can see that, especially when we go through rough patches, you do not hear from any of them.

"I have thought it for a while now - I think if people were interested in the club from an ownership perspective, and the right offer came in, I do believe they would sell.

"They might all be looking at it now and thinking they have been here for over a decade, and yes there have been good times, but realistically, even during the Premier League days, it has been horrendous really. It has not been great at all since we came back down.

"They might look at it now and think, well, we have sorted a new training ground, we have done bits and pieces with sponsorship deals and stuff like that to bring more revenue into the club, but maybe they think that now is the time to pack it up.

"I am not saying they do not care, but overall they have just not been good enough with certain decisions, whether that be hiring certain managers or keeping Les Ferdinand in his role for as long as they did.

"There have been many things. I think there have been times when there has been a lot of backlash from the fans, and they are probably thinking, say we were to go through a really bad time again, people will go mad, and they probably do not want to deal with that anymore.

"There have been rumours regarding so-called interest from consortiums, and rumours about potential buyers, so I can see something happening.

"I think they have the club's best interests at heart, but they are just not as involved as they were years ago now."

Marti Cifuentes could leave Loftus Road

A recent report from The Sun has revealed that QPR boss Marti Cifuentes is considering quitting his role, which suggests he does not see the level of ambition that he wants at the club.

The Spaniard has reportedly had a breakdown in his relationship with Chief Executive Christian Nourry, and also wants to be re-assured that the club has the ambition to progress to the next level.

There is no doubt that Cifuentes would have potential suitors if he did decide to leave Loftus Road, and if he does depart, it would raise further questions about the state of play behind the scenes at QPR.