In mattinata dovrebbe arrivare l'annuncio del passaggio di proprietà al malese Tony Fernandes, proprietario della compagnia aerea Air Asia nonchè titolare del Team Lotus di Formula 1, già noto alle cronache calcistiche per aver tentato la scalata al Norwich City ed al West Ham.
Riporto alcuni estratti dal Guardian: • Fernandes on verge of QPR takeover
Queens Park Rangers are expected to announce the takeover of the club by the Malaysian airline entrepreneur Tony Fernandes at a press conference at Loftus Road on Thursday. Fernandes, the co-owner and chief executive of the low-cost airline AirAsia, has been in London in the past few days, negotiating to buy the 66% stake in QPR that is currently owned by the Formula One rights holder, Bernie Ecclestone. The Malaysian is expected to take over in partnership with Amit Bhatia, the son-in-law of the Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, who has been discussing buying 10% from Ecclestone. That would increase the Mittal stake to 43%, with Fernandes holding 56%. Bhatia, who stepped down as chairman in May, after the ticket-price increases were announced and his own takeover offer was rebuffed by Ecclestone, is said to have struck up a good rapport with Fernandes and to be keen to be involved.
