“What would people have said if the owner didn’t try anything? If he didn’t spend any money? They would have said that he didn’t care. They believe they are the right players for the club. “The club believes in the players that have been brought here. “They wanted to extend my contract for another year at Anzhi.
“Nobody put a knife at the throat of anybody at QPR to come and discuss contracts. The 29-year-old, now “massively sick” of the focus on his salary, told the Mirror: “I have to defend against this. Yet still the talk is of huge wages and big price-tags - Samba's own £12million fee included. Victory over Fulham on Monday would make it three wins out of four and put QPR back on course for an achievement they still believe they can pull off. The ex-Anzhi defender’s arrival - along with those of Loic Remy, Jermaine Jenas and Andros Townsend - has given Rangers half a chance of being a Premier League club again next season. Now, Fernandes is receiving stick because of the additional cash he spent in January to put things right. Last summer, the west London club had to contend with criticism aimed at supremo Tony Fernandes for bringing in too many average players. If Chris Samba’s team-mates follow suit in QPR's last eight games of the season, they could yet pull off Mission Impossible.
He defends himself, the dressing room and Queens Park Rangers' owner with the ferocity that has made him one of the best centre-halves around.
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