Council opposes QPR move

Fans and councillers want Rangers to stay

QPR owner Chris Wright has indicated that he is prepared to snub a consortium takeover bid and sell the club to Andrew Ellis.

Ellis plans to relocate the club to Heathrow and a consortium of wealthy Rangers fans have tabled an offer in the hope of preventing the move.

Hammersmith and Fulham Council are also set to oppose plans to move the club to Heathrow.

The overwhelming majority of QPR fans say that the club is associated with the ground

Hammersmith mayor Andrew Slaughter

A motion to back QPR fans in their opposition to the move was unanimously supported at a council meeting on Wednesday.

Councillor Wesley Harcourt claimed: "We can make it very difficult for the ground to be sold at a profit."

Mayor Andrew Slaughter added: "There appears to be two bids - the Ellis bid to move QPR to Heathrow and create a kind of Chelsea-type village, while the other bid is committed to keeping QPR at Loftus Road.

"The overwhelming majority of QPR fans say that the club is associated with the ground.

"We aim to see QPR survive and thrive at Loftus Road."

But The Sun quote Wright as saying: "It would be in the best long term interests of the club to move."

Wright is in exclusive talks with Ellis in an attempt to give him the best possible chance of putting a bid together. He has until 6 August to complete the deal.