They said it couldn’t be done, but he went and did it anyway – that might have applied to Tan Sri Tony Fernandes’s ambitions for AirAsia a long, long time ago, but it’s also proven true for his football dreams as well: the Queens Park Rangers FC, which Fernandes owns, has been promoted to the English Premier League.
With a dramatic stoppage-time goal – the only one of the match – QPR striker Bobby Zamora pushed his club past Derby in the Championship play-off final on Saturday to clinch a bump back up to the top tier.
QPR’s victory made them the first team to win promotion to the Premier League after finishing fourth in the second tier in 16 years, The Rakyat Post reports.
This happy turn of events should come as a relief to Fernandes, who since acquiring the club and becoming its chairman has invested a huge amount of money into whipping QPR back into shape. He funded a GBP70 million (RM378 million) wage bill on top of annual losses estimated to be costing the club GBP65 million (RM351 million).
The promotion to the Premier League ensures Queens Park Rangers FC earnings of at least GBP80 million (RM432 million).
Now, if only KLIA2 could start behaving, Tony could be having his best week of 2014.
