Johnson linked with Aston Villa
QPR will face a crisis over player wages if they are relegated, according to the Daily Mirror and The Sun.
The Mirror report that unlike transfers agreed by fellow promoted clubs Norwich and Swansea, most of Rangers’ signings this season arrived on deals that don’t include relegation clauses, meaning their huge salaries would remain the same in the Championship.
It is suggested that they would therefore struggle with the wage bill in the second tier and are now trying to renegotiate the contracts of several players, including Jamie Mackie.
The Sun declare that Rangers will face a ‘financial apocalypse’ if they go down, because some players are on four-year deals worth over £10m.
Meanwhile, the Mirror say Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish has added Fulham’s Andrew Johnson to the list of players he would like to capture on a Bosman free transfer this summer.
Johnson could be available for no fee at the end of the season as his Whites contract is due to expire and he is yet to agree a new deal.
And McLeish, who was yesterday linked with Fulham cult hero Pavel Pogrebnyak, is said to want the former Birmingham striker.
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14/03/2012 @ 12:32 pm
AJ would be a good signing for us, he has passion, desire and a point to keep proving.
He gets in great positions, likes to run with the ball and is very quick.
I would have no problem having him at Villa and would welcome someone who in a squad would offer more than Agbonlahor and fit well with a team who needs players that move rather than expecting the ball at their feet.
14/03/2012 @ 7:31 am
Villa had better not be after Andy Johnson! He’s a Birmingham City supporter who took great delight in celebrating in front of the holte end when he was at Crystal Palace.
14/03/2012 @ 7:19 am
aj to villa, i hope not we need better players then him and from what we been linked with mcleish is not gona help his self, (buy crap players and he will lose the LITTLE support0 he has now (and im not 1 of them) just hope all the links ent right cause at the mo its all free transfers.