QPR Didn't Re-Sign Lopez Supposedly cos of Wages

So I guess we didn'tr eally want him. And rather than get Lopez for free (except wages) we went for our 3.5 million Argentinean


BBC -Lopez 'unlikely' to return to QPR
- Lopez was brought to QPR by former coach Paulo Sousa
Jordi Lopez's agent Alex Bonnot has admitted the midfielder is "very unlikely" to be at QPR this season.
- Spaniard Lopez, 28, made 10 appearances for the west London club last season and opened talks after his three-month contract at Loftus Road expired.
- But he was unhappy with the wages being offered and negotiations have ended.
- Bonnot, a former QPR player, said: "Jordi really liked it at Rangers and could have stayed if the offer was right, but it wasn't."
Your views on Lopez's future
Lopez had a spell with Real Madrid before winning the Uefa Cup with Sevilla in 2006.
- He was signed by former QPR coach Paulo Sousa after being released by Mallorca earlier this year.
- Sousa, who left Rangers in April, has been offered the Swansea manager's job. BBC


Dave McIntyre/BBC606 - Lopez set to move on
- It seems there is next to no chance of Jordi Lopez being at QPR this season.
- For some weeks the word coming out of Rangers has been that Lopez wanted a three-year contract and that his wage demands were excessive, and he would not be returning.
- This often happens with out-of-contract players and sometimes a compromise is reached even after one or both sides are adamant that a deal is impossible.
- But Lopez’ agent, former QPR player Alex Bonnot, seemed pretty sure when I spoke to him on Friday that there was now no going back.
- According to him, Rangers simply never came up with a reasonable offer.
- Bonnot was previously keen to stress that talks were ongoing and all options were being considered.
- But those talks are now dead.
- Lopez is likely to speak to other Championship clubs in the near future, while Rangers are looking elsewhere having ended any interest they had in the player.
- I wonder if Lopez will end up at Swansea, where Paulo Sousa has been offered the manager’s job.
- Sousa was pleased to sign Lopez for QPR and the two get on very well.
- Coincidentally, the first player Rangers tried to sign this summer was Swansea midfielder Darren Pratley.
- Perhaps they’ll be tempted to try again now Swansea have a new manager, although there’s no reason to think they’d have more luck. BBC606