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The Irish Sun
28-04-2025
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- The Irish Sun
QPR boss Marti Cifuentes holds talks with Championship rival as he considers quitting club
QUEENS PARK RANGERS boss Marti Cifuentes has held talks with another Championship side as he considers leaving Loftus Road. Cifuentes, 42, joined the west London outfit in October 2023, and kept the R's afloat in the second tier. 2 Marti Cifuentes is in-demand and could move after a fall-out with the QPR hierarchy Credit: Getty They sealed safety with a rampant 4-0 victory over This term, Cifuentes has guided Now, Read more Football SunSport exclusively revealed that Cifuentes had begun to get agitated over the number of injuries that were plaguing his squad. And he was frustrated at the club's decision to let director of performance Ben Williams reign over the sports science, medical, physio, and nutrition departments remotely from Dubai. Nourry, who was brought in in January 2024 to oversee the club's recruitment, had previously worked for football data analytics and advisory business Retexo. Most read in Football BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK Cifuentes signed a new deal in west London back in September having been linked with the vacant post at The Spaniard had wanted assurances from above that the R's would be looking to progress next term, with a view to getting back to the promised land of the Premier League, which they last played in 10 years ago. QPR face Former QPR and Cardiff Star Leonne Jeanne Recalled to Prison 2 West Brom sacked Tony Mowbray after their play-off pursuit came up short Credit: Rex
The Sun
28-04-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
QPR boss Marti Cifuentes holds talks with Championship rival as he considers quitting club
QUEENS PARK RANGERS boss Marti Cifuentes has held talks with another Championship side as he considers leaving Loftus Road. Cifuentes, 42, joined the west London outfit in October 2023, and kept the R's afloat in the second tier. They sealed safety with a rampant 4-0 victory over Leeds United, which subsequently sent Leicester City back up to the Premier League at the first time of asking. This term, Cifuentes has guided QPR to mid-table safety - 15th in the Championship - and his talents are being courted by one of his side's rivals. Now, West Bromwich Albion are looking to lure the Spaniard to the east Midlands after a reported breakdown in relations between the manager and QPR's chief executive Christian Nourry. The Baggies sacked Tony Mowbray last week after their play-off charge fell flat, with the former Premier League side 10th in the table and forced to play another season at step two of the pyramid. SunSport exclusively revealed that Cifuentes was considering his position at Loftus Road after a misalignment over the direction the club was heading. Cifuentes had begun to get agitated over the number of injuries that were plaguing his squad. And he was frustrated at the club's decision to let director of performance Ben Williams reign over the sports science, medical, physio, and nutrition departments remotely from Dubai. Nourry, who was brought in in January 2024 to oversee the club's recruitment, had previously worked for football data analytics and advisory business Retexo. BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK Cifuentes signed a new deal in west London back in September having been linked with the vacant post at Sunderland last summer before Regis Le Bris took the reins on Wearside. The Spaniard had wanted assurances from above that the R's would be looking to progress next term, with a view to getting back to the promised land of the Premier League, which they last played in 10 years ago. QPR face Sunderland - whose place in the Championship play-offs is already confirmed - in their final game of the season on Saturday. Former QPR and Cardiff Star Leonne Jeanne Recalled to Prison 2
BBC News
12-04-2025
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- BBC News
Some of the 'best' QPR have played at home
Marti Cifuentes said his Queens Park Rangers side had played some of their best football of the season at Loftus Road as a 1-1 draw against Bristol City on Saturday edged the R's nearer to securing Championship survival."It felt like the first 25 minutes were excellent, perhaps the best we have played this season here at home," he told BBC London. "It was a joy to see the energy of the players, attacking again and conceding an equaliser soon after breaking the deadlock, the Spaniard continued: "It was a bit disappointing as well I think for the guys, emotionally you could see it was not easy after creating this amount of chances in those 25 minutes and then in the first situation [Bristol City] got, they score."Overall the first half was very good, the second half they pushed and perhaps we should have been better to create counters and more chances."Cifuentes said that while QPR's Championship survival is yet to be confirmed, "it looks pretty good at the moment".He added: "Credit to the players, the fans that stick with us. Now we have these four games left to push and keep getting points."
BBC News
09-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'We've done too much good to feel sorry for ourselves'
Queen's Park Rangers boss Marti Cifuentes says his side can not "feel sorry" for themselves after they suffered another injury blow to their already weakened R's are missing several players because of injury, four of which are strikers, with Alfie Lloyd the newest addition after suffering a groin injury during the goalless draw with Cardiff at the weekend."Alfie's physical presence, his capacity to run in behind, was helpful for the team and he was very unfortunate to pick up that injury," the Spaniard told BBC Radio the four may be reduced to three following an assessment on Rayan Kolli (pictured) .The centre-forward has completed two full training sessions after missing the past nine games with a hamstring injury, and could be available for the trip to Oxford. "He's just had two trainings with the team, so usually we'd like them to have more," Cifuentes said. "We need to make sure we take care of him because he's a player we want to grow but he could be [available for Oxford]."Despite having so many important players on the sidelines, Cifuentes doesn't want to ruminate on their bad luck."I could be moaning for hours about how unlucky we have been, but this would not help us to win," he said. "We have done too many good things going through adversity to feel sorry for ourselves."
