QPR says no truth in 'sacked' Hughes rumors
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November 21, 2012, Wednesday
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STRUGGLING English Premier League side Queens Park Rangers insisted on Monday that Mark Hughes remained its manager after a day of Twitter rumors suggesting the Welshman had been sacked.
"Rumors suggesting Mark Hughes has been sacked as QPR manager tonight (Monday) are not true," Ian J Taylor, the west London club's head of media and communications tweeted.
Saturday's 1-3 home defeat to fellow relegation candidates Southampton left bottom-of-the-table QPR winless in the Premier League this season and five points adrift of 17th placed Reading.
Hughes met with QPR chief executive Philip Beard, the man Rangers chairman Tony Fernandes sent to fire previous manager Neil Warnock, at the club's training ground on Monday.
Malaysian businessman Fernandes, the man behind budget airline AirAsia and the Caterham Formula One team, gave Hughes plenty of funds to spend on new signings in pre-season with 11 players, some from Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Manchester United and Chelsea, arriving at Loftus Road.
They were all expected to help guide QPR to at least a mid-table finish, something Hughes was insisting on Friday remained an attainable goal. But the defeat by Southampon extended QPR's winless run to 12 games.
Even Fernandes appeared to be wavering in his backing of Hughes.
"I feel gutted," Fernandes said on Twitter. "I have put my heart and soul into this with my other shareholders. And done all we can to give support to players and all management. I can only apologise to the QPR fans. we keep fighting.
"Rumors suggesting Mark Hughes has been sacked as QPR manager tonight (Monday) are not true," Ian J Taylor, the west London club's head of media and communications tweeted.
Saturday's 1-3 home defeat to fellow relegation candidates Southampton left bottom-of-the-table QPR winless in the Premier League this season and five points adrift of 17th placed Reading.
Hughes met with QPR chief executive Philip Beard, the man Rangers chairman Tony Fernandes sent to fire previous manager Neil Warnock, at the club's training ground on Monday.
Malaysian businessman Fernandes, the man behind budget airline AirAsia and the Caterham Formula One team, gave Hughes plenty of funds to spend on new signings in pre-season with 11 players, some from Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Manchester United and Chelsea, arriving at Loftus Road.
They were all expected to help guide QPR to at least a mid-table finish, something Hughes was insisting on Friday remained an attainable goal. But the defeat by Southampon extended QPR's winless run to 12 games.
Even Fernandes appeared to be wavering in his backing of Hughes.
"I feel gutted," Fernandes said on Twitter. "I have put my heart and soul into this with my other shareholders. And done all we can to give support to players and all management. I can only apologise to the QPR fans. we keep fighting.
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