Losing West Ham target Charlie Austin late in the window could cost QPR, says Les Ferdinand

Striking blow: Losing Austin late in the window could cost Rangers
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Simon Johnson18 August 2015

Les Ferdinand fears QPR will suffer the same fate with Charlie Austin as they did with Loic Remy 12 months ago, wrecking their plans for the season.

Standard Sport revealed yesterday West Ham will step up their interest in Austin, while Tottenham are watching the situation in case their move for Saido Berahino falls through.

QPR have received two offers for the striker although both are well below their £15million valuation and the club are braced for new bids.

The situation has all the hallmarks of the Remy saga a year ago when the striker only moved to Chelsea for £10.5m on the penultimate day of the transfer window. QPR failed to sign a replacement before the window closed and Ferdinand is worried about it happening again.

QPR’s director of football told BBC London: “In the Premier League, clubs assess their teams in the first few weeks of the season and then you see a lot of transfers done in the last week of the window.

“I hope that doesn’t happen but I’m gearing myself up for that. It’s great for the team that’s selling on the last day of the season if they have everything else in place because they can demand what they want as they know they have their squad.

“But when you haven’t got your squad and it happens in the last week, you’re scrambling around.”

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