<h3><font face="Times New Roman">EXCLUSIVE: DE CANIO GOING NOWHERE </font></h3><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Posted on:Tue 15 Jan 2008 </font></font> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Flavio Briatore set the record straight this morning, following recent speculationregarding the future of R's First Team Coach Luigi De Canio.</font></p> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3">An article in a Sunday tabloid reported that Gianluca Vialli had been lined up to replace De Canio at the end of the season.</font></p> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3">However, in an exclusive interview with </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">www.qpr.co.uk</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">, Briatore refuted such claims, commenting: "It's not even an issue.</font></p> <font face="Times New Roman" size="3">"Gigi has a contract with QPR and we intend to honour it -simple as that.</font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> "Gianluca is a friend of mine and he is welcome to come and watch matches whenever he wants, but Gigi is our Manager, end of story.</p> "We are happy with the job Gigi and his staff are doing and he is very much part of our project."</p></font>
