Jan Transfer Window

[3London]

Hes behind Verane, Haydon and Morgan. We have plenty of cover for defensive mid and probably need to free up wages for Edwards' salary. Just cost costing on a fringe player. Field gone will probably cover half of Edwards' wages

Im not sure we have plenty of cover in that position - Hayden can't last a game and varanes injury record isn't great.

Morgan proved the other week he isn't ready to play there.

Who else is there? Edwards he did play in midfield a game or 2 last season.

[SheepRanger]

Im not sure we have plenty of cover in that position - Hayden can't last a game and varanes injury record isn't great.

Morgan proved the other week he isn't ready to play there.

Who else is there? Edwards he did play in midfield a game or 2 last season.

Dunne has played defensive mid in the past.

But whatever the cover, Field isnt getting game time and we're doing okay without him. In an ideal world im sure bigger teams would keep him, but we've brought in two new signings in Jan. Im sure this a risk based decission with a huge eye on the budget.

[WeAreQPR12]

It's a tricky one with field. I think he's a good player and I'm surprised he hasn't played more this season especially as varane has been injured allot. I quite like Morgan because he tends to offer allot more forward passes so I can see why the manager/owners feel like he can go elsewhere

[Shania]

With Field going out on loan Edwards will probably play in def. midfield for now.

[Jeffqpr]

Nothing about that he has signed for them yet

[Dono77]

Official saying its done. Loan til end of season. No obligation to buy though.

[Abseits]

Errrr, is that it then???

So, Morrison out and Edwards in, plus the big raw striker is essentially our main business or have I forgotten something?

[SheepRanger]

Errrr, is that it then???

So, Morrison out and Edwards in, plus the big raw striker is essentially our main business or have I forgotten something?

We signed Hamer till the end of the season too.

Perhaps more telling was that we've kept our core 15 odd players

[LordLoftus]

Weird to loan Field out without anyone coming in and without an agreement to buy. Not sure I understand that one. Even if it's what he wanted to get more game time, I just don't get it.

I guess maybe to put him in shop window for summer?!?!?!

[Abseits]

Say we play 442 with Kone and Burrell up top. That leaves just 4 "middle" places to be filled by:
Vale, Madsen, Morgan, Hayden, Smyth, Poku, Dembele, Saito and Bennie. Plus Edwards and Dunne can shift forward if needed.

Field is not essential to keep, is a relatively high earner with a long contract and has been in iffy form for ages. He needs to move on and we can cope very easily without him. He needs to revive his career so it makes sense all round.

[SheepRanger]

CEO Christian Nourry has provided the following update after the closure of the January transfer window on Monday evening:

Firstly, I want to say thank you for the electric atmosphere that you created at MATRADE Loftus Road on Saturday. I hope you feel that the team and our coaching staff did you proud as they demonstrated that this group can beat any team in the division. I am excited to see what we can achieve in the final 16 games of this campaign.

We are very pleased to have added Ronnie and Justin to the QPR family on a permanent basis this January.

Ronnie has been a player that our recruitment department has been interested in since 2021 when the player was at Peterborough. Last January, we acted very fast to bring him in and we were struck during his six-month loan spell with us by his maturity as a man and a professional, as well as by how deep his genuine connection and love for the club is. As was widely reported, we did attempt to sign him in the summer but were unsuccessful - we believe that Ronnie can be a critical player for our present and future. The board has been incredible in its backing of our staff to strengthen the team this year. Finally, I want to thank Johannes (Spors) and his team at Southampton for working with us on this.

As for Justin, his profile was one that we looked at in a lot of detail in the most recent summer transfer window as a very good fit for one of the three different profiles of centre-forward that we seek to have in the squad in order to be successful in the Championship. A lot of the underlying strengths that Justin has demonstrated in his EFL and U21s career to date are similar to Rumarn (Burrell)’s. However, Justin is earlier in his career and we want to give him adequate time to settle and develop with the help of our specialist individual development coaching structure.

We continue to believe strongly in the quality of the athletic and physical development that young Australian footballers receive between the ages of 10 and 16, especially in key population centres like Perth, Sydney and Melbourne. We are excited to have brought Christian in on his 18th birthday to bolster the Development Squad - he is highly thought of up and down the Australia national team youth structure and in a position of increasing global market demand as a left-back.

It was with a lot of emotion that we completed the sale of Michi to Grasshopper Zurich. In a different context upon my arrival at the club when we were under significant strain owing to our P&S position, Michi made significant sacrifices to join us and he was the first player we brought in. I have already spoken at length about what he and his partner brought to the club. Whilst we planned for him to have a more significant role in 2025/26, a combination of the timing of his injury and other centre-forwards hitting the ground running meant that the reality of the first half of his campaign was different. But I hope that I speak for staff and fans alike when I reiterate how grateful I am for his contributions in the last 24 months.

Yesterday, we permitted Sam to join Norwich on loan until the end of the 2025/26 campaign. In November, his camp very respectfully informed us that Sam was unhappy with the amount of playing time he was getting and asked that if an opportunity arose in January for him to get more minutes for the second half of the season elsewhere, then could we consider it? Sam has been at the football club for half a decade, always respected the fans and the shirt and therefore as a board we felt it was appropriate to grant this request. I wish him the best with Norwich ahead of us regrouping with him at the end of the season.

[3London]

Say we play 442 with Kone and Burrell up top. That leaves just 4 "middle" places to be filled by:
Vale, Madsen, Morgan, Hayden, Smyth, Poku, Dembele, Saito and Bennie. Plus Edwards and Dunne can shift forward if needed.

Field is not essential to keep, is a relatively high earner with a long contract and has been in iffy form for ages. He needs to move on and we can cope very easily without him. He needs to revive his career so it makes sense all round.

Sure but of the Players you list the only one who can play in Fields position is Hayden - None of the others can put a tackle in or shield the back four like Field does. Yes Ronnie can play there. And i imagine that is what will happen when the inevitable injuries to Hayden and Varane happen

the thought of Dembele , Saito , bennie, Poku, Smyth or Vale playing the role that Field does is truly scary!

so that leaves - Hayden , varane and Edwards - dunne is not Mobile enough

Morgan is more of an attacking mid rather than defensive. As proved the other week when he played with Madsen in the middle - Madsen ended up dropping back to cover most of the time.

[Darkranger]

CEO Christian Nourry has provided the following update after the closure of the January transfer window on Monday evening:

Firstly, I want to say thank you for the electric atmosphere that you created at MATRADE Loftus Road on Saturday. I hope you feel that the team and our coaching staff did you proud as they demonstrated that this group can beat any team in the division. I am excited to see what we can achieve in the final 16 games of this campaign.

We are very pleased to have added Ronnie and Justin to the QPR family on a permanent basis this January.

Ronnie has been a player that our recruitment department has been interested in since 2021 when the player was at Peterborough. Last January, we acted very fast to bring him in and we were struck during his six-month loan spell with us by his maturity as a man and a professional, as well as by how deep his genuine connection and love for the club is. As was widely reported, we did attempt to sign him in the summer but were unsuccessful - we believe that Ronnie can be a critical player for our present and future. The board has been incredible in its backing of our staff to strengthen the team this year. Finally, I want to thank Johannes (Spors) and his team at Southampton for working with us on this.

As for Justin, his profile was one that we looked at in a lot of detail in the most recent summer transfer window as a very good fit for one of the three different profiles of centre-forward that we seek to have in the squad in order to be successful in the Championship. A lot of the underlying strengths that Justin has demonstrated in his EFL and U21s career to date are similar to Rumarn (Burrell)’s. However, Justin is earlier in his career and we want to give him adequate time to settle and develop with the help of our specialist individual development coaching structure.

We continue to believe strongly in the quality of the athletic and physical development that young Australian footballers receive between the ages of 10 and 16, especially in key population centres like Perth, Sydney and Melbourne. We are excited to have brought Christian in on his 18th birthday to bolster the Development Squad - he is highly thought of up and down the Australia national team youth structure and in a position of increasing global market demand as a left-back.

It was with a lot of emotion that we completed the sale of Michi to Grasshopper Zurich. In a different context upon my arrival at the club when we were under significant strain owing to our P&S position, Michi made significant sacrifices to join us and he was the first player we brought in. I have already spoken at length about what he and his partner brought to the club. Whilst we planned for him to have a more significant role in 2025/26, a combination of the timing of his injury and other centre-forwards hitting the ground running meant that the reality of the first half of his campaign was different. But I hope that I speak for staff and fans alike when I reiterate how grateful I am for his contributions in the last 24 months.

Yesterday, we permitted Sam to join Norwich on loan until the end of the 2025/26 campaign. In November, his camp very respectfully informed us that Sam was unhappy with the amount of playing time he was getting and asked that if an opportunity arose in January for him to get more minutes for the second half of the season elsewhere, then could we consider it? Sam has been at the football club for half a decade, always respected the fans and the shirt and therefore as a board we felt it was appropriate to grant this request. I wish him the best with Norwich ahead of us regrouping with him at the end of the season.

The club have vastly improved their communication over the last 12 months. There's nothing wrong in keeping the supporters up to date with various comings and goings. It helps to stop misinformation.

As for Sammy, all he's done done is ask for some more game time if their is a possibility of some outside of the club. Hopefully this will work out well for all concerned and he'll come back in the spring either raring to go next year or be sold to Norwich for a decent price.

[Stanfan]

Very sad to see Sam Field go (at least for now). I’d assume it saves decent amount of money and may be we got a loan fee on top for such a good player

[rockfordfishes is back]

3London speaking complete and utter sense! 100% agree