QPR Set to Announce Plans for New £150m Stadium: Air Asia to Sponsor New 35,000 Seater Homeby The Newshound May 16th, 2013
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Loftus Road side set for move.
QPR are set to announce details of their proposed new stadium according to The Sun.
The West London side, who have been relegated to the Championship, are looking to away from Loftus Road, which owner Tony Fernandes says QPR have ‘outgrown’ and are to move to a new £150m stadium which will be sponsored by Air Asia.
Fernandes runs Air Asia who already act as QPR’s shirt sponsors.
The 49 year old billionaire has pumped in a huge sum of his own money to help boost QPR’s standing but has instead seen successive managers spend big on high-profile players, on massive salaries, only to see the Super Hoops relegated to the English second tier.
Fernandes will no doubt hope that when the stadium is built his side is back in the top flight.
With QPR the closest side to his family home in West London, Brooklyn Beckham has recently begun training the club's under-14 academy side, according to the Daily Mail.
Brooklyn has previously played youth football for his father's former club Los Angeles Galaxy and has also trained at various ages with Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea's academy teams.
After recently relocating to a new property in the capital, Beckham has decided to place his son with a local side close to the family base.
Beckham will have more time to watch Brooklyn develop at QPR after confirming that he will retire at the end of his short-term deal with Paris Saint-Germain next week.
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Defender agrees three year deal at Loftus Road ...
I want to play week in week out. That was the main thing for me. Harry wants me playing and he wants me involved." Danny Simpson
VERSATILE defender Danny Simpson is set to join QPR on a three-year deal.
The 26 year-old will officially become a QPR player on July 1st following the conclusion of his existing contract with Newcastle United.
Simpson – who started his career at Manchester United – becomes Harry Redknapp’s first signing of the summer and the Eccles-born defender is excited about the next chapter of his career at Loftus Road.
“I want to play week in week out. That was the main thing for me. Harry wants me playing and he wants me involved,” he told www.qpr.co.uk.
“He’s a top manager, and as soon as I spoke to him I knew this was the right move for me.
“I’ve always admired him. He is a great man in the game and I have a lot of respect for him.
“In training and games I will give 110 per-cent. I know Harry has spoken to other coaches about me and I am sure one thing they would have said is that I am a good pro and that’s what he wants in his squad.”
He added: “From what I have heard from Harry and the staff I have spoken to, along with some of the players here who I know well, they are very determined to put things behind them and start afresh and get back into the Premier League where the club belongs.
“I want to play my part in that and do everything I can for the club and the fans. I really think we can go straight back up.”
A delighted Redknapp told www.qpr.co.uk: “He’s the type we want at the club.
“He’s a good professional, a good character and a good player who knows his job in the side.
“He’ll be a really fine acquisition for us. It’s a fantastic piece of business for the club on a free transfer.”
Redknapp added: “Danny’s an experienced player and made a real name for himself at Newcastle. He played regularly in the side that just missed out on a place in the top four in 2011/12.
“I spoke to a few of the coaching staff at Newcastle – friends of mine from over the years who I know and trust – and they spoke very highly of him.”
Simpson, who made 138 appearances for the Geordies, is due to meet up with his new R’s team-mates for the first time when the squad return for pre-season training next Monday.