Harry Redknapp has been discussing the kind of ‘crazy’ goings-on which have left Queens Park Rangers fighting relegation from the Championship.
The Hoops are just three points off the relegation places with the third worst goal difference in the division after the 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa last time out.
After winning his first game in charge last month, Ian Holloway has overseen five consecutive defeats since.
Things don’t look like getting any easier either with a trip to Championship title hopefuls Brighton looming next.
QPR owner Tony Fernandes
QPR fans have been put through the mill in recent seasons since their relegation from the Premier League.
Bringing in high profile players on expensive contracts proved the wrong way to go for the Loftus Road side under owner Tony Fernandes.
Reflecting on his time at the club, former boss Harry Redknapp told talkSPORT that two signings in particular made during their time in the top flight were indicative of the mess the club now finds itself in.
“When I first went there they were stuck with some players that they couldn’t shift really,” Redknapp told Jim White on talkSPORT.
Harry Redknapp in his QPR days
“They’d bought some big hitters in, it was a difficult place to be believe you me, it was certainly one of the toughest jobs I took on. Tony’s not got a bottomless pit, he can’t keep pulling up money.
“It must’ve cost them a fortune to get rid of people… they had two goalkeepers I mean Julio Cesar – who was a fantastic goalkeeper – but they’d bought Rob Green, I think Rob was on good money, big money, came on a free from West Ham – outstanding goalkeeper – and then the week after they go and bring in Julio Cesar on incredible money.
“I mean suddenly they had two absolute top, top goalkeepers on fortunes, one of them especially on a fortune. It was crazy times really you know, and then suddenly they had to get rid of one of them and they had to pay Julio up quite a bit of money to shift him.”
Another deal which sticks in the mind from QPR’s ‘crazy’ days is that of Christopher Samba.
The giant defender was signed by Redknapp for £12.5 million from Anzhi Makhachkala in January 2013 before being sold back to the Russian side that summer after just 10 appearances and with the Hoops relegated.
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