Redknapp's rant at 'overpaid' QPR players he inherited from predecessor Hughes



Harry Redknapp has launched a blistering attack on some of the players he inherited from his predecessor at Queens Park Rangers, Mark Hughes.



After seeing his side lose 1-0 at Newcastle, Redknapp said: ‘There’s an awful lot of players at this club earning far too much money for what they are; far, far, far too much money for their ability and what they give to the club.’



Not happy: Harry Redknapp hit out at his high earning QPR players after they lost to Newcastle

And in a thinly-disguised swipe at the club’s transfer dealings under Hughes, Redknapp expressed his reluctance to take advantage of the transfer market during the January window after admitting: ‘We’re short in certain areas.’



He added: ‘I don’t want to spend the owners’ money really. I’ve got to be honest with you. I don’t want to see the owners have their pants taken down like they have in the past. A lot of agents have made an awful lot of money out of them. I fined a player (Jose Bosingwa) last week and he was earning more than anybody at Tottenham, so that tells you everything.

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‘We’ve got a stadium that holds 18,000 people and shouldn’t be paying big wages. Newcastle’s ground holds 55,000 and I bet you most of their players won’t be earning what our players are. So that is a problem.’



Redknapp fined Bosingwa after the defender refused to sit on the bench for the game against Fulham last week. Redknapp said: ‘He didn’t want to be a substitute so he went home. He has been fined two weeks’ wages — £130,000. Not bad for two weeks is it? Not too bad for playing on a Saturday.’

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Asked how he might handle a player like that, Redknapp said: 'We'll find out in January.'



Rangers are one of a series of clubs to have been linked with Newcastle striker Demba Ba, whose well-publicised release-clause could spark a scramble for his signature.



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But Redknapp said: 'We've not got £7million to spend on a player, I'd have thought.'

