Hoops face financial apocalypse if they are relegated from Prem
Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2012 by The Sun
AIN'T LIFE GRAND ... Barton will still pocket £70k-a-week if Hoops go down
QPR face a financial nightmare if they are relegated — because NONE of their stars will be forced to take a pay cut.
Hoops' big earners like £70,000-a-week Joey Barton and January signing Djibril Cisse, who gets £60,000 a week, will still be paid their contracts if they drop into the Championship.
Premier League players normally see their wages cut by between 33-50 per cent if they are relegated.
But Rangers were so desperate to sign players like Shaun Wright-Phillips and Anton Ferdinand last summer they did not include a relegation clause in contracts following their promotion in May.
QPR's mega-rich owner Tony Fernandes has deep pockets but it seems he is now realising the impact of relegation, with some players on four-year deals worth over £10million.
Chief executive Phillip Beard said: "Ideally, we stay in the Premier League. If things don't work out, we'll fight tooth and nail to come back up."
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