He did not name names, but Tony Fernandes has admitted he is staggered by some footballers' attitudes to work.
Queens Park Rangers have a huge Financial Fair Play situation on their hands, with the threat of a £40 million fine hanging over their heads for breaching rules in 2012.
Rangers signed a number of players on big contracts back then and when they returned to the Premier League in 2013/14 and the Hoops chairman, while not saying who, could not believe how some players acted at the time.
Speaking during an interview with Hawksbee and Jacobs on TalkSport, the Hoops supremo said: "The first thing I learnt, in a very hard and expensive way, was that all my life I've got a wage, whatever it is, 10p or £10,000 I put my heart and soul into a job and I just assumed that would be the same for footballers and it wasn't.
"So we learnt the hard way! The most important thing is character, good people, whether they're running Air Asia, an insurance company or football, that's the difference between success and mediocrity.
"It was a shock to the system, the people, the agents, but I do think football needs to be sustainable and the authorities have done a relatively good job.
"I do support FFP and sustainability and clubs are making decent money and profits now, it can be a relatively good business."
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