Adel Taarabt Sparks £10m Chase

Taarabt, voted the best player in the Championship last season, said last night: 'I helped QPR win promotion but they will not offer me a better contract. They say I am already on big wages.

'They want me to stay four years on the same terms. But I don't want to sign for four years then after one year I am going to be back in The Championship.

'No disrespect, but if we keep the same players, it will be very difficult to stay in the Premier League when you are playing Man United and Chelsea.'

Although he speaks good English, having joined Spurs as a 17-year-old, Taarabt said: 'It is good for me that Newcastle have a few French players.

'People say Newcastle will be good for me, that the fans love players like me. It is fantastic to play in front of 50,000 supporters every week. I do not need one of the very big clubs at this stage.'

Gegilworld93 wrote:Chelsea and Spurs are interested apparently.
But QPR will spend big, they're one of the world's richest clubs, I can see them challenging for Europe with the right signings tbh.
If they don't keep Taarabt it'll be hard, because they basically built the team around him, I think he'll stay anyway.

The Miz wrote:

Gegilworld93 wrote:Chelsea and Spurs are interested apparently.
But QPR will spend big, they're one of the world's richest clubs, I can see them challenging for Europe with the right signings tbh.
If they don't keep Taarabt it'll be hard, because they basically built the team around him, I think he'll stay anyway.

You have shown your lack of knowledge in that post. QPR have the richest owners maybe, but these owners don't put much money into the club. They will not spend big, it has been confirmed.

Gegilworld93 wrote:

The Miz wrote:

Gegilworld93 wrote:Chelsea and Spurs are interested apparently.
But QPR will spend big, they're one of the world's richest clubs, I can see them challenging for Europe with the right signings tbh.
If they don't keep Taarabt it'll be hard, because they basically built the team around him, I think he'll stay anyway.

You have shown your lack of knowledge in that post. QPR have the richest owners maybe, but these owners don't put much money into the club. They will not spend big, it has been confirmed.

I know that, but if star players like Taarabt, fans etc want to see big names they most likely will spend, also the actions in that transfer window might be decisive if they survive or not.
Personally I think they make at least one marquee signing like Joe Cole.

crump wrote:Overrated. He'll be shit this season.

Quote me on this.

crump wrote:Remember Ebanks-Blake?

Certainly followed up his form.