BLACKBURN Rovers boss Gary Bowyer has questioned why the Football League has taken so long to enforce a punishment on Queens Park Rangers for Financial Fair Play (FFP) breaches ahead of tonight’s clash between the two sides at Loftus Road.

Rovers and QPR were two of four Championship clubs found to have broken FFP rules for the 2013-14 season after posting losses in excess of the maximum £8m permitted.

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But while Rovers have been operating under a embargo for the last two transfer windows, QPR were instead due to be hit with a multi-million pound fine after securing promotion to the Premier League.

But the Hoops are yet to pay a penny of the fine because they are challenging the legality of the Football League’s FFP rules. Having not had to hand over any money the Loftus Road side were able to keep hold of star striker Charlie Austin this summer as well as spend around £9million on bringing in 15 new players on permanent deals.

Asked if there was an inequality to the way the two sides had been dealt with for FFP breaches, Bowyer said: “Of course. I think ourselves and Forest, and Leeds at the time, will be looking to see why it has taken so long to come to a decision.

“I don’t blame Chris Ramsey for it, it’s got nothing to do with him, he’s spent and rightly so, but how long does it take to make the decision? It didn’t take that long to take the decision with us.

“They’ve come down from the Premier League and there is no embargo hanging over them. If you look at the length of time it has taken to come a decision, that’s questionable.

“We did a great bit of business in keeping hold of Jordan Rhodes and they’ve done the same with Charlie Austin.”

Several Premier League clubs were linked with Austin in the summer, although none met QPR’s £15million valuation.

The former Burnley striker has scored five goals in his first six Championship games this season and Bowyer knows his side need to try and keep him quiet tonight.

“Just because they’ve got an embargo they might still not have sold him, like we didn’t with Jordan,” said the Rovers boss.

“Somebody might not have met the valuation, we don;’t know what QPR wanted as a club for Charlie Austin, what we’ve got to do is try and keep him quiet.”

Bowyer was also critical of the Football League statement released in the wake of the failure to award Grant Hanley’s ‘goal’ at Fulham after replays showed the ball had crossed the line.

The League claimed it was not financially viable to install goal-line technology at all 72 League grounds, but Bowyer said that was not acceptable considering the prize at stake in the Championship.

“From what I’m being told we’re talking about hundreds of thousands, not millions,” said the Rovers chief.

“Look at the amount of money spent on transfers in the Championship, if you went round the Championship clubs and said would you be willing to put a couple of hundred thousands towards the goal-line technology to make the game better what do you think the answer would be?

“For the Football League to come with that statement, it just shows you, we want to make the game better, and that’s what we’re trying to do.

“The difference between getting promoted or getting relegated might be a point because of goal-line technology.

“If you look at the amount of money that is at stake to get in the Premier League, the amount of money in football, the Championship is the showcase league, the prize is so huge to get out of it.

“The Football League renamed it the Championship, they showcased it, but we can’t have goal-line technology, because of the financial implications.”