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I know it is early days, but I think the January transfer window is the best January window we have ever had, circumstances taken into account.
We had a good window in 2021, when Austin and Johansen arrived on loan and turned our season around, but that was with the help of a huge check book.
This time, Nourry & co have had to work miracles on a shoestring budget. It looks as if the loan deals for Dozzell, Kelman, Duke-McKenna and Woodman have financed four reinforcements that have lifted the quality and depth of the squad to a very different level. I can not remember more shrewd business from QPR for a very long.
I think we have freed up something like £15-20k per week by sending the four mentioned players out on loan. On top of this, I guess we received a very decent loan fee from Birmingham for Dozzell, being a relegation rival.
From what I read, Frey and Andersen have accepted modest salaries. Frey was compensated by Royal Antwerp when his contract was terminated, and this might have led him to accept a modest salary from QPR. Effectively, Royal Antwerp is paying most of his salaries.
I would not be surprised if both Frey and Andersen have signed contracts where they are paid less salary this season than next, to align with our present FFP limitation. These limitations will ease next season, when we have much more headroom.
Hodge is on £5k a week according to those sources that think they know what players earn (capology.com) and we might have paid that to Wolves to take him on loan plus a modest loan fee. Hayden is on £22k a week, but given his unsuccessful loan spell at Standard Liege and his injury problems, we might not pay more than £5-8k a week to take him on loan, with no loan fee.
The Hayden and Andersen deals will obviously only be successful if the players can stay injury free. Both are risky ones, as they are known to be injury prone. However, in our position, we will have to take risks, given our tiny budget. It looks to me as if we manage player fitness better than previously. Right now, we seem only to have one player on the injury list (Kolli). This stands in sharp contrast to previous seasons.
This Nourry guy looks like a very clever CEO/DOF. If we stay up, I think this bodes very well for next season, with a very decent coach, a very smart CEO, and a good medical/fitness team.
Have we finally got some key appointments right?
We had a good window in 2021, when Austin and Johansen arrived on loan and turned our season around, but that was with the help of a huge check book.
This time, Nourry & co have had to work miracles on a shoestring budget. It looks as if the loan deals for Dozzell, Kelman, Duke-McKenna and Woodman have financed four reinforcements that have lifted the quality and depth of the squad to a very different level. I can not remember more shrewd business from QPR for a very long.
I think we have freed up something like £15-20k per week by sending the four mentioned players out on loan. On top of this, I guess we received a very decent loan fee from Birmingham for Dozzell, being a relegation rival.
From what I read, Frey and Andersen have accepted modest salaries. Frey was compensated by Royal Antwerp when his contract was terminated, and this might have led him to accept a modest salary from QPR. Effectively, Royal Antwerp is paying most of his salaries.
I would not be surprised if both Frey and Andersen have signed contracts where they are paid less salary this season than next, to align with our present FFP limitation. These limitations will ease next season, when we have much more headroom.
Hodge is on £5k a week according to those sources that think they know what players earn (capology.com) and we might have paid that to Wolves to take him on loan plus a modest loan fee. Hayden is on £22k a week, but given his unsuccessful loan spell at Standard Liege and his injury problems, we might not pay more than £5-8k a week to take him on loan, with no loan fee.
The Hayden and Andersen deals will obviously only be successful if the players can stay injury free. Both are risky ones, as they are known to be injury prone. However, in our position, we will have to take risks, given our tiny budget. It looks to me as if we manage player fitness better than previously. Right now, we seem only to have one player on the injury list (Kolli). This stands in sharp contrast to previous seasons.
This Nourry guy looks like a very clever CEO/DOF. If we stay up, I think this bodes very well for next season, with a very decent coach, a very smart CEO, and a good medical/fitness team.
Have we finally got some key appointments right?
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