QPR assessing options for striker loan

QPR are considering a number of strikers as a potential loan signing before the transfer window closes.

Manager Ian Holloway had hoped to sign a forward on a permanent deal this summer.

However, budgetary restrictions, largely resulting from Financial Fair Play rules, mean the club almost certainly need to trim their squad before being able to buy.

Steven Caulker leaving for Celtic would significantly reduce QPR’s wage bill and at one stage there was an expectation that the move would happen, but now the defender is expected to stay.

Rangers would consider offers for a number of their players, but apart from talks with Celtic over Caulker there has not been so much as an enquiry about any of the first-team squad.

That limits the club’s options in the transfer market and makes the arrival of a striker on loan rather than on a permanent basis more likely.