Briatore taking it slow at QPR

QPR's joint owner Flavio Briatore will not be splashing the cash on new players any time soon, despite reports that players such as Luis Figo may join the club. Briatore has said that any financial growth will happen organically within the club.

"We will not throw away money at all,'' Briatore said. "Don't be confused. The club is still the club. We'll try to put the club together in the right way. We're talking about QPR. It's completely wrong to compare QPR with Chelsea. We want to do it our way.

"We want to build up a club. We want to start from the bottom and create a new club. It is much more exciting.'

"When we arrived, QPR was bottom of the table, meaning just this year our goal is staying in the Championship. It is step by step. There will be no miracles. We want to consolidate the club.

"We don't live in fantasy, we deal with reality.''