Diarra rejected move and QPR want Uruguay star, reports claim
Lassana Diarra has rejected a potential move to QPR, the Mail on Sunday say.
The former Chelsea midfielder saw a switch to Rangers fall through during the final hours of the previous transfer window.
He was keen for the move to eventually happen and it was recently reported that Rangers were set to sign him in January.
Now it is claimed that Diarra, who played under Harry Redknapp at Portsmouth, has turned down the chance to discuss a move to Loftus Road.
The Mail again reports that Rangers could sign Andros Townsend from Tottenham.
Meanwhile, Italian media reports suggest Napoli are interested in signing QPR outcast Adel Taarabt when the transfer window opens.
And Rangers boss Redknapp wants Uruguay midfielder Cristian Rodriguez, according to the Daily Star Sunday.
The 29-year-old, who has more than 80 caps for his country and played against England in the World Cup, is also said to be a target for Glasgow Rangers.
Former England man Waddle said: “Because he’s English and we don’t have many strikers to choose from, Charlie Austin suddenly comes to the front.
“But international football is completely different to the Premier League. The Premier League is 100 miles per hour – it’s backwards and forwards, like basketball.
“At international level, it doesn’t matter who you play because even the weaker countries play a way we’re not used to. You don’t get thousands of balls fizzing in the box every game.
“It doesn’t work like that. So you have to think can Charlie Austin hold the ball up? Can he link the play up? Is he that type or a get-the-ball-in-the-box striker?
“You have to give more than that playing for England. You have to look after the ball. Otherwise it’s hard to get it back.
“Can Austin be that? Or does he need someone up there with him like he has at QPR in Bobby Zamora, who links the play up well?
“If England play one up front, he’ll have to hold ball up more. Is that his game? We don’t know because we haven’t seen it yet.
“It needs to time to analyse that and see what Austin can do for England.”
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