Transfer gossip: Celtic and Sunderland linked with QPR defender
Some of the recent transfer speculation involving the area’s Championship clubs.
The Mail claim Celtic, Sunderland and Olympiacos are showing an interest in QPR captain Nedum Onuoha.
It is claimed that Onuoha, 30, has a clause in his Rangers contract enabling him to leave on a free transfer and that Sunderland boss David Moyes previously tried to sign him for Everton.
Onuoha, who spent the 2010-11 season on loan at Sunderland from Manchester City, has been touted for a move to top-flight clubs during successive transfer windows.
Taylor speculation
The Mail also say Bristol Rovers striker Matty Taylor can go for £300,000 and that QPR and Brentford are among the clubs to have been alerted to his availability.
The other clubs are Wolves, Sheffield Wednesday and Norwich, the Mail say.
Taylor, 26, reportedly has a clause in his Rovers contract allowing him to move this month.
QPR boss Ian Holloway recently insisted he would not be interested in taking Taylor to Loftus Road.
Holloway said: “He’s a very good player who belongs to Bristol Rovers and I shouldn’t talk about anybody else’s players.
“There are a lot of players who step up a level and can score. But it’s about the balance I need – the pace and power to move the ball from back to front sometimes if Idrissa Sylla’s injured.
“Have I got anyone who can do that? I’m not so sure I have, and Matty Taylor isn’t really that sort of player.”
McCormack speculation
Derby County and Sheffield Wednesday have joined Fulham in showing an interest in Ross McCormack, the Mail say.
The forward left Fulham to join Aston Villa in the summer but is unsettled in the West Midlands and has been linked with a return to Craven Cottage.
He was recently criticised by Villa boss Steve Bruce for missing training. The Mail suggest Bruce’s comments have damaged his club’s chances of recouping the reported £12m fee they paid for McCormack.
Luongo reveals Chinese approaches
QPR midfielder Massimo Luongo says he receives regular approaches to play in China.
Speaking to beIN Sports, Luongo, 24, insisted he was determined to “get to the top” rather than accept potentially huge wages in the Far East.
“Probably once a month there’s always someone trying to get me over there — an agent or someone who could probably profit from it as well, but it doesn’t interest me,” Luongo said.
“When the figures start flying about it does start to get in my head. Then when I see what my mates are on or Diego Costa or whoever’s flirting with it at the moment.
“But I still want to prove myself at the highest level I can here. Leaving (Tottenham) to (join) Swindon on a permanent was the best thing I could have done. Just getting first-team football was what I wanted and I proved myself at that level.
“At the moment I’m trying to prove myself at Championship level. I think I’ll be better off if I do that and hopefully get to the top.”
QPR want Luongo to sign an improved contract at Loftus Road.
