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Queens Park Rangers have made their first signing of the summer transfer window with the addition of left-back Boy Kemper from Dutch side NAC Breda.
The 26-year-old arrives in west London after Breda were relegated from the top flight in the Netherlands last season, finishing second from bottom.
Kemper started his career with Ajax’s reserve team before moving to ADO Den Haag and then joining NAC in 2023 where he
Goalkeepers Paul Nardi and Ben Hamer and midfielder Isaac Hayden will leave QPR this summer following the end of their contracts.
Nardi has made 63 appearances for the R’s since signing in June 2024 from KAA Gent and was their first-choice goalkeeper during the 2024-25 season, starting 45 games.
However the 31-year-old has played in 17 league matches this campaign and just two since mid-December with Joe Walsh preferred.
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Roy Hodgson’s winning start to his second Bristol City spell ended with a frustrating draw at Queens Park Rangers.
The visitors dominated early on and created enough chances to win, but QPR goalkeeper Joe Walsh kept them at bay.
Meanwhile, the hosts extended their unbeaten run to five games.
But both sides will be frustrated as their already slim hopes of making the Championship play-offs look over with the gap
Preston North End have released a statement condemning racist abuse directed at left-back Thierry Small following the club’s 1-1 draw with Queens Park Rangers on Monday.
North End stated that they had discovered “deplorable comments of a racist nature” aimed at Small on a club Instagram post.
Small, 21, scored an own goal in the 82nd minute of the match and the abuse has been reported to Lancashire Police.
“The
Three consecutive wins had reignited QPR’s bid for an unlikely play-off place but they were frustrated in a drab first half.
Preston, who are now 14th, 10 points outside the top six, had the better of the opening 45 minutes as Alfie Devine saw a shot from 25 yards out deflected narrowly wide.
Devine then set up Ben Whiteman just outside the area but he pulled his shot over the
Watford expect to have full-back Jeremy Petris back for Friday’s trip to Queens Park Rangers after missing three games with a dislocated shoulder.
Petris is still experiencing discomfort following the injury but head coach Ed Still believes that will not stop him being available at Loftus Road.
“He’s back early,” Still told the club website., external
“He should have been back at the end of next week but he
Saturday was the darkest day of Pompey’s season.
It left me, and I’m sure many present alongside us in the Loftus Road away end, genuinely shocked leaving the ground and heading home.
An argument you could’ve made heading into the weekend was that, although the results hadn’t been falling our way, Pompey weren’t being blown away and when losing, were usually losing by a single goal in games. On Saturday
Norwich City have signed midfielder Sam Field on loan from Championship rivals Queens Park Rangers for the remainder of the season.
The 27-year-old will provide additional cover for head coach Philippe Clement following the loss of Pelle Mattsson for “several weeks” with an ankle injury.
He is Norwich’s fifth January signing, following Mohammed Toure, Ali Ahmed, Paris Maghoma and left-back Harry Amass – though the latter suffered a training injury
QPR have signed Coventry City Under-21 forward Justin Obikwu on a permanent deal.
The 21-year-old has never played for the Sky Blues first team but made 21 appearances during a loan spell at Lincoln City earlier in the season, scoring on three occasions.
Obikwu was also loaned to Grimsby Town last campaign where he played 38 times and scored 10 goals.
He has been capped four times for Trinidad and
Queens Park Rangers have re-signed former loanee Ronnie Edwards for an undisclosed fee from fellow Championship side Southampton.
QPR said the 22-year-old has signed a “long-term” contract with the club but have not disclosed the exact length of the deal.
Former Peterborough defender Edwards scored twice in 22 appearances during a loan spell with QPR in the second half of last season.
“When I came here last January, I had