QPR set to snap up Arsenal youngster /merged thread/
QPR set to snap up Arsenal youngster
Aug 25 2009 By Paul Warburton
QPR are set to sign striker Jay Simpson from Arsenal on a year-long loan later today – while Rowan Vine will be loaned out to one of four Championship clubs interested in reviving the fortunes of the £2.5m striker.
Rangers boss Jim Magilton has decided enough’s enough as far as his misfiring attack is concerned after failing to get a Championship win in four attempts.
The problem is clearly a lack of cutting edge up front after three draws and a 1-0 defeat – and Magilton hopes Simpson is the answer.
Rangers beat off the challenge of Premiership Burnley, and three other Championship clubs to land the 20-year-old because Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger wants to keep an eye on the progress of his young starlet.
Last season the England U17 player was loaned out to West Brom in a doomed Premiership campaign where he scored once in 13 attempts.
But Wenger didn’t even consider a permanent deal for Simpson from QPR, as the Frenchman eyes another Theo Walcott in the making and a Premiership future back at The Emirates.
Rangers have been turned down everywhere they looked for strikers this week – with Leeds quoting telephone numbers for former Wealdstone hitman Jermaine Beckford.
However, Simpson has pace to burn, and has been earmarked for a partnership with Patrick Agyemang as the target man to provide the ammunition for the Arsenal youngster.
Meanwhile, Vine will have a choice of a number of Championship outfits to regain full match fitness after firing blanks both pre-season and in the five games so far – four of which have been appearances off the bench.
At the moment, there is no thought to cash in on the man signed permanently from Birmingham in January 2008, despite an horrendous double leg-break in April in the same year that effectively ruined Vine’s campaign last season.
Aug 25 2009 By Paul Warburton
QPR are set to sign striker Jay Simpson from Arsenal on a year-long loan later today – while Rowan Vine will be loaned out to one of four Championship clubs interested in reviving the fortunes of the £2.5m striker.
Rangers boss Jim Magilton has decided enough’s enough as far as his misfiring attack is concerned after failing to get a Championship win in four attempts.
The problem is clearly a lack of cutting edge up front after three draws and a 1-0 defeat – and Magilton hopes Simpson is the answer.
Rangers beat off the challenge of Premiership Burnley, and three other Championship clubs to land the 20-year-old because Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger wants to keep an eye on the progress of his young starlet.
Last season the England U17 player was loaned out to West Brom in a doomed Premiership campaign where he scored once in 13 attempts.
But Wenger didn’t even consider a permanent deal for Simpson from QPR, as the Frenchman eyes another Theo Walcott in the making and a Premiership future back at The Emirates.
Rangers have been turned down everywhere they looked for strikers this week – with Leeds quoting telephone numbers for former Wealdstone hitman Jermaine Beckford.
However, Simpson has pace to burn, and has been earmarked for a partnership with Patrick Agyemang as the target man to provide the ammunition for the Arsenal youngster.
Meanwhile, Vine will have a choice of a number of Championship outfits to regain full match fitness after firing blanks both pre-season and in the five games so far – four of which have been appearances off the bench.
At the moment, there is no thought to cash in on the man signed permanently from Birmingham in January 2008, despite an horrendous double leg-break in April in the same year that effectively ruined Vine’s campaign last season.
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