QPR: Taarabt to stay at Loftus Road

QPR majority shareholders Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore have confirmed that captain Adel Taarabt will not leave the club during the summer transfer window.

The 22-year-old playmaker was a key figure in the west Londoners’ npower Championship triumph last season and picked up the Football League Player of the Year award for his performances.

Taarabt’s stock rose markedly as a consequence and speculation had linked him with a host of elite European clubs throughout the summer.

Paris St Germain were thought to be close to completing a deal but the R’s have now confirmed that Taarabt will be staying with the club beyond the end of the current transfer window.

“We are pleased to confirm that Adel Taarabt will be staying at QPR this summer,” said a club statement released on behalf of Ecclestone and Briatore.