QPR's Steven Caulker ready to play Southampton after theft arrest

Queens Park Rangers boss Harry Redknapp is expected to start Steven Caulker at Southampton on Saturday despite the defender hitting the headlines this week for being wrongfully arrested for theft.

Caulker’s preparations were disrupted by the embarrassing incident earlier this week when he was accused of stealing some cream cheese at a supermarket.

The defender was released without charge but Redknapp is angry about how the saga was leaked into the public domain.

He said: “I have just heard about it and it’s strange. I don’t know what’s happened. But if he was wrongfully arrested how’s it made the news? Who told the papers?

“I’d want to find where it’s come from, is it the store or the police? It does happen quite regularly I’m afraid.”