Taarabt to remain at Loftus Road

Adel Taarabt
12 April 2012

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. A club statement released on behalf of Ecclestone and Briatore: "We are pleased to confirm that Adel Taarabt will be staying at QPR this summer."

The statement continued: "Despite receiving a substantial bid for our Moroccan international, we rebuffed all approaches and indeed, we are keen to build for the future in the Barclays Premier League, and not sell one of our prized assets.

"Should we have decided to sell Taarabt this summer, we made it clear to Neil Warnock that we would reinvest funds into the squad.

"Taarabt is fully committed to the Club and is looking forward to proving his undoubted star quality for QPR in the Barclays Premier League.

"Our decision not to sell him only serves to reiterate the ambition and commitment we have both shown to QPR since we arrived here.

"We saved the club when it was close to relegation from the Championship and just one week from liquidation. At this time, Flavio Briatore outlined a four-year plan to reach the Premier League, which was achieved.

"We have always owned approximately 70 per cent of the shareholding at the club and have been the major benefactors since our arrival.

"We have backed Neil Warnock in bringing in his two top targets, Jay Bothroyd and Kieron Dyer, and we are working hard to try and pursue a couple of other targets the coach has identified."

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