Time Running Out For Magilton

QPR's game against Bristol City on Tuesday looks to be a make or break one for manager, Jim Magilton.

Rangers' directors Lakshmi Mittal, Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore, who famously nailed air-rage nutcase, Naomi Campbell, are said to be on the hunt for a new manager, following Jim Magilton's disastrous spell in charge of the West London club.

A source close to the Loftus Road asylum said, "The directors are getting restless, for sure. Magilton has been in charge for two and a half months now, and the team is yet to win a competitive game of football. They're patient men, but obviously, if we don't win on Tuesday at Ashton Gate, then Jim will probably be sacked."

He continued, "Mittal, Ecclestone and Briatore have put a lot of money into the club. Not on players, obviously, but that badge redesign didn't come cheap, despite appearances to the contrary, so they're expecting a return on their investment as a matter of urgency."

Mittal, a cutlery maker from Calcutta, is the eighth richest man in the world, but has defended his lack of spending in the transfer market by saying, "You think I got this fucking rich by writing lots of cheques?"

Meanwhile, Ecclestone, who is best known for scuttling about on the grids of F1 races like some sort of demented goblin, was said to be in discussions with Briatore over Magilton's replacement, with someone like Bryan Robson likely to be short-listed, because they've heard of him.