QPR owner slams uncaring players

Slammed ... Queens Park Rangers owner lays into players for not hurting from relegation. Source: Glyn Kirk / AFP

Queens Park Rangers owner Tony Fernandes has accused his players of not caring about the club's relegation from the Barclays Premier League as much as he does.

Fernandes has confirmed that manager Harry Redknapp will continue in his role next season, but the Malaysian businessman says he feels let down by the players.

"It's heartbreaking for me when we lose. I don't want to go out, I just want to stay at home," he told QPR website.

All smiles ... Redknapp and Bosingwa. Source: Twitter

"I am someone who has dealt with success and dealt with disappointment. But there is nothing I have gone through that is as disappointing as losing a football game.

"I haven't said it throughout the season because it wasn't right to be said, but it hurt me when I saw some of the players who didn't feel the way I felt. And in fact, in their case, it should be worse because this is their job, it's their life. It wasn't a good feeling."

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Man United	35	27	4	4	43	85
2	Man City	34	21	8	5	30	71
3	Chelsea	34	19	8	7	33	65
4	Arsenal	35	18	10	7	30	64
5	Tottenham	34	18	8	8	17	62
6	Everton	35	15	14	6	14	59
7	Liverpool	35	14	12	9	25	54
8	West Brom	34	14	6	14	2	48
9	Swansea	34	10	12	12	-1	42
10	West Ham	35	11	9	15	-8	42
11	Fulham	35	10	10	15	-9	40
12	Stoke	35	9	13	13	-10	40
13	Southampton	35	9	12	14	-10	39
14	Norwich	35	8	14	13	-21	38
15	Sunderland	35	9	10	16	-12	37
16	Aston Villa	35	9	10	16	-22	37
17	Newcastle	35	10	7	18	-23	37
18	Wigan	34	8	8	18	-23	32
19	QPR	35	4	13	18	-27	25
20	Reading	35	5	10	20	-28	25

Fernandes ploughed millions of pounds into the club in an attempt to stave off relegation, notably sanctioning big-money moves for players such as Christopher Samba, Loic Remy, and Park Ji-Sung.

Some of QPR's players were criticised in the British media for smiling and laughing after the final whistle in Sunday's game at the Madejski Stadium, and Fernandes has admitted he found the images hard to stomach.

"It was probably the low point for me when I saw the reaction of some of the players. It has shocked me because it is something that is alien to me," he said.

"Whatever I have done as a job, for whoever has hired me, I put in 150 per cent. It's in my character. If I am taking someone else's money, then I am going to work bloody hard for that person.

"It's an alien concept to me that someone takes someone's salary, doesn't put 100 per cent in, thinks: 'Oh, we lost. No big deal. What club are we going to tonight?'.

"It wasn't right to say anything during the season, but I noticed everything and I am a little bit wiser for it now."

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