MARK Hughes would have given QPR a very wide berth had former chairman Flavio Briatore still been in charge.

The Rangers boss took over the reins from Neil Warnock in January, with Tony Fernandes and the financial clout of Lakshmi Mittal augmenting the airline tycoon’s millions to tempt the Welshman back into management.

But had former chair Briatore (pic) made any approach to the ex-Fulham coach, Hughes would have turned him down flat.

This week’s BBC’s fly-on-the-wall documentary ‘The Four Year Plan’ showed the shortcomings of the Briatore regime almost as farce, with eccentric decisions buffeting managers coming and going as a torturous sub plot.

Hughes admitted it was hard for the players that remain to watch it again.

He added: “Anybody who saw it from the outside would have been entertained. Believe me, it wasn’t the same for the guys here.

“Given my experience of the past, I would probably not have come during the four-year plan.

“But it’s a completely different place now – and we’re going in the right direction.”

Fernandes apparently told fans on a Shepherd’s Bush pub walkabout before the Everton match last week he found the documentary ‘scary', but liked one aspect .

“The passion for the club was there to see, and that was heartening,” he added.