QPR manager Neil Warnock has revealed he was set to quit the Premier League club before Malaysian tycoon Tony Fernandes took over at Loftus Road.
Warnock was a frustrated figure for much of the close-season after being told he had no money to spend while Bernie Ecclestone, the club's owner at that point, looked for a buyer following QPR's promotion from the Championship.
With only a series of free transfers arriving to bolster his squad, Warnock felt severely let down and was ready to walk out following his team's 4-0 defeat at home to Bolton on the opening day of the season.
But the arrival of Fernandes, who completed his takeover just before the transfer deadline, allowed Warnock to sign the likes of Joey Barton, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Anton Ferdinand.
Those deals persuaded Warnock that the future was brighter under Fernandes and he decided to stay.
"If Tony hadn't had arrived I would have left after that 4-0 defeat to Bolton," Warnock told the Daily Star.
"I am being honest here. I didn't want to leave after what I had achieved but things needed changing. I was ready to go.
"Tony arrived and it's a whole new game. I signed players who were once totally out of our wage limit. I also signed players who still had something to prove, the type of people who I have always gone for.
"For once I could shop in Harrods and not Woolworths. For once I could be on a level playing field with the others."
"Now I will be very disappointed if I do go. I still have ambitions but I also know if we finish bottom I will be sacked."
Source: AFP
