you just got polish defender Marcin Kus from Polonia Warsaw. He's hoping to get a look for the World Cup. I doubt hell make it, but hes not bad, and should help you guys.
Thanks. Marcin Kus signed with the R's on a six month loan from Polonia Warsaw with "a view to signing a permanent deal." It appears the 24-year-old has one cap for Poland (plus a recent game in a Poland B-team side). He can play either as a right back or in central defense.
Also in the last few days... 19-year-old defender Andy Taylor signed on a three-month loan from Blackburn. He came on as a late sub for Santos in the win over Southampton on Saturday. Aaron Brown made a permanent move to Swindon Town on a free transfer. The BBC reports that Swansea is interested in acquiring Marcus Bean on a permanent basis.
Ajax America U-18 Bardsley back to QPR for a second trial. http://d1684668.u39.websitesource.net/index.php?ct=academy
im not sure. But its a big difference, sine polonia is last in the league, and lech is third. By the way, Kus is faily young at 24, and he has been called up for two games, against Belgium and New Zealand. He was a very highly touted prospect for the Polish NT, until he got a severe injury. Hes starting to come back to the way he played before now and if he does fully regain his form, he will be quite the player.
Permanent moves out for two: Marcus Bean has moved to Blackpool on a free transfer with a sell-on clause through which the R's would get a percentage of a future sale of Bean. Adam Miller has moved to Stevenage Borough, also on a free with a sell-on clause. It sounded like Miller was going to go to Oxford, but has instead dropped to Conference football with the promotion-chasing Stevenage.
Ian Holloway went to Northern Ireland to scout Linfield striker Peter Thompson. Thompson's Linfield squad is 17-1-0 this season. Linfield turned down a £50,000 offer from Gretna, but his manager says they're willing to let anyone go play full-time football. Barnsley manager Andy Ritchie was also there to scout Thompson. Thompson scored 27 goals in 50 games last season and this season has scored 32 goals in 35 games!
The R's have signed 29-year-old Danish forward Sammy Youssouf to a six-month contract. According to Soccerbase, he was most recently playing for a club called Maritimo in Portugal. According to the same site, his only previous experience in the UK was a five-game stretch with St. Johnstone in Scotland in which he scored one goal back in the second half of the 01/02 season.
20-year-old defender Keith Lowe has come to Rangers on loan from Wolves for the remainder of the season. Lowe has previously gone on loan to Burnley. The loan agreement does not allow Lowe to play against Wolves in March.
Also from Wolves... striker Leon Clarke has come over on loan from Wolves for the remainder of the season. As with Lowe, he will not be allowed to play against Wolves. The 20-year-old scored 8 goals for Wolves last season, but has scored just twice this season. In the league, he has 10 starts, 14 sub appearances, and 1 goal this season. He also scored in one FA Cup start and started one game in the League Cup. He will be available against Leeds on Saturday.
According to Sky Sports, three teams put in bids for Dan Shittu during the transfer window: Birmingham City, Sheffield United, and Norwich City. The bid from Birmingham was said to be "in the region of £750,000." Gianni Paladini called the offers "derisory" and said Dan knew about the clubs that were after him, but is happy to stay at QPR. I wonder if GP will get any credit from the moaners over on the .org and LSA boards (it's really gotten bad over there).
A report indicates that 38-year old Welsh international former Wolves and Southampton keeper Paul Jones has signed on with the R's for the remainder of the season. He spend three months on loan at Millwall this season where he got his only club starts, so he's well familiar with our opponents this Saturday. He made four appearances for the Lions, the most recent on November 22nd. He's also played twice for Wales during this season in two World Cup qualifiers last October (wins over Northern Ireland and Azerbaijan). He has 44 caps for Wales. Last season, he started 10 matches for Wolves before losing the job. He then went on loan to Watford where he where he started 11 matches between December and February. According to the official site, Royce will not need surgery and could return for the Wolves match (3/4), while Jake Cole could be ready as soon as the Sheff United match (2/25). With the Stoke match on 2/18 postponed, Jones should have three matches (Millwall H, Palace A, Sheff United A) to stake a claim before Royce returns.
The official site confirms that we have signed Paul Jones through the end of the season. Jones indicates that QPR keepers coach Tony Roberts called him last week to see if he could join us before the Leeds match, but he was on trial with West Ham. Looks like a solid signing. With both of our keepers nursing injuries, it's nice to have an experienced player to throw into the mix.
Club legend Alan McDonald will join QPR as an assistant to Gary Waddock. McDonald, who made over 400 apearances for QPR from 1981 to 1997, was a coach with the Northern Ireland U21 squad before taking on his new role at QPR.
According to the official site, Gary Waddock told Andy Taylor that he would not be involved in this weekend's match against Millwall, so Blackburn called him back. He made one start and two sub appearances for Rangers.
Scott Donnelly has signed his first professional contract -- a 2 1/2 year deal with QPR. Donnelly, who turned 18 last December, has had a number of substitute appearances and made his full debut against Crystal Palace on 14 February.
18-year-old midfielder Stefan Bailey has signed a two-year contract, his first professional contract with the club.
Ian Holloway denies rumors that he's been contacted about the Stoke job. He remains on "gardening leave" with QPR. Georges Santos, who has seen less playing time since Gary Waddock took over, was set to go to Hull City on loan for the rest of the season, but was retained at QPR to provide cover for injured Matthew Rose. Plymouth Argyle was also interested in acquiring Santos. Santos' contract with QPR expires at the end of the season.
The R's recently signed two of their youngsters to their first professional contracts: 18-year-old goalkeeper Sean Thomas signed a two-year deal and 18-year-old defender Jon Munday signed a one-year deal. Thomas has been an unusued sub on several occasions this season as backup Jake Cole has suffered through injury woes, while Munday was an unused sub against Norwich, marking his first time with the first-team squad.
Big changes are coming at the club as Gary Waddock has told several players that they won't be offered new deals and others that they'll be transfer listed. Players whose contracts are up and who will not be offered new deals: Richard Langley Georges Santos Marcin Kus Sammy Youssouf Ryan Johnson Luke Townsend Players who are still under contract but have been placed on the transfer list: Marc Bircham Marcus Bignot Ian Evatt Tommy Doherty Steve Lomas Stefan Moore Matthew Hislop Ugo Ukah Interestingly, that seems to indicate that older players like Paul Furlong, Matthew Rose, and Mauro Milanese may be returning to the team. http://www.qpr.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10373~822558,00.html Also, fitness coach Scott Rushton has left after six years with the club. http://www.qpr.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10373~824035,00.html