Shaun Wright Phillips is almost certain to be looking for a new club in the summer and his father has also confirmed the same. The former Chelsea and Manchester city winger was almost unseen and unnoticed in the victory celebrations for QPR after they managed to return to the Premier league in the first instance. QPR managed to beat Derby 1-0 in the play-off final. Former West Ham striker Bobby Zamora scored the only goal of the game in a smash and grab victory for Harry Redknapp’s team. They are expected to undergo a few changes in the summer not just to prepare for the new season but also to reduce the wage bill of the club.

The future of Wright Phillips has been thrown into doubt after the winger was not very active during the celebrations. He made just 13 appearances for the club last season as they finished third in the Championship table. The 33-year-old has been a QPR player since 2011 but he was one of the name to suffer a lot of criticism after the club was relegated in their second season. He was a £ 3.5 million signing, but the most important aspect in the deal is his wages, which is believed to be in the region of £ 70,000 per week.

“It’s not been for the want of trying. When the fans are wanting something from a player of his calibre and it doesn’t quite work out – you can understand his frustration. Of course, he’d love to be playing more, but when his confidence is low he tries a bit too hard – and that’s his only crime. Sometimes it just doesn’t work out, and he’s tried his best. For a player of his Premier League experience not to figure says the writing’s on the wall, but he’s got a career he can be very proud of,” said his dad.

With the arrival of Matt Phillips to the squad of QPR, Harry Redknapp has admitted that Shaun Wright-Phillips is on his long-term plans and it has become difficult for the coach to offload the former Chelsea player considering his high wages.

Redknapp said: “It’s difficult. It’s only Premier League clubs who could afford to take him on his wages. Other clubs aren’t going to put up that type of money. There isn’t big money in this league wages-wise. If any of them want to take a thousand-per-cent drop in wages or something, they can, but you don’t see too many doing that.”

Wright-Phillips is not the only player that Harry Redknapp is trying to lure away from the club as the Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar is another performer of QPR that is seeing more time on the sidelines than on the actual pitch and his high wages is a main reason why Redknapp is attempting to offload the player to another club.

The English winger Shaun Wright-Phillips has seen his playing time on QPR getting cut down with each season that passes by. In his debut season with the Championship club he managed to play in 32 matches, his appearances were limited to 20 in the season of 2012-13.

It’s a similar story when talking about Julio Cesar, the former star of Inter Milan who was considered to be one of the best goalkeepers in the world when he used to play for the Italian side and has failed to make a single appearance for the Championship club QPR in this current season.

Manchester City is enjoying a fairly successful time in this season as they are topping the Premier League alongside Chelsea and Arsenal as they are the top 3 teams that are making a charge at the title.

A position that they seemed to be struggling with however was in the spot between the posts as Joe Hart was underperforming since his disastrous performance when they faced off against Chelsea and a mistake from the English goalkeeper cost his team the match.

From there on out Pellegrini had his doubts on whether or not to keep Joe Hart as his main man in the back of the defence and constantly switching him out with Costel Pantilimon. The last 2 performances of Joe Hart has seen him making a dramatic change and is now quickly regaining the confidence of his coach back as well as the fans.

Joe Hart was even named as the best player on the pitch during Manchester City’s match against Crystal Palace as they won 1-0 but the English goalkeeper had his work cut out for him in order to keep the clean sheet.

According to the Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho, he is so surprised about Manchester City’s season that he insists in saying that the team of Manuel Pellegrini is favorites on winning the Premier League title this season and maybe even the Champions League.

“I keep saying there is a big difference between Manchester City and the other teams,” he told reporters. It’s not just about quality, other teams have quality, us too. But [it is about] maturity, the number of players, the group of strikers, physicality, experience’’.

‘’City are the favorites, for us, for Arsenal, for Liverpool, to be around the top is a good achievement. In our case it’s important people learn how to play these matches against the top sides.” Mourinho said when asked about the possible Premier League champions.

The manager of Queens Park Rangers, Harry Redknapp, has defended Niko Kranjcar and has said that the Yugoslavian midfielder will be back in form soon.

Kranjcar who is a contracted player of the Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv had joined QPR on loan earlier this summer. He has so far played 3 Championship games for Harry Redknapp’s side, but, he hasn’t managed to impress much.

When asked about Kranjcar’s form, Redknapp said, “Niko has made a couple of appearances for his national side recently and has done well. He is slowly getting back to that level.”

“He wasn’t in great shape coming here as he didn’t have a pre-season at Dynamo. But, the more games he plays, the better he will get.”

QPR is currently at no. 2 in the Championship points table with 27 points in 11 matches. They haven’t lost a game so far in the competition. They have won 8 games, while, in the remaining 3, they have shared points. Their first game after the international break will be against Millwall FC this Saturday.
According to Redknapp, the performances that his team has put up in the last couple of Championship games show that they are making improvements.

The QPR boss said, “In the games against Barnsley and Middlesbrough, we showed great composure. We remained on top throughout those two games and that was really pleasing to see.”
“Now, the upcoming few weeks will be tough for us. We are going to play quite a few away games and we will have to make sure that we secure points from those games.”

When asked about Tom Carroll who injured his ankle while playing for the England youth team recently, Redknapp said, “It’s a huge blow for us. He has returned to his parental club for treatment and it will take him a bit of time to return to action.”

Former Chelsea and Manchester City winger Shaun Wright Phillips has been linked with a move away from Queens Park Rangers, as the club looks to bring down its wage bill. He is one of the highest earners at the club, as his contract is reported to be worth around £ 50,000 per week.

This is a wage that the club simply cannot afford in the Championship due to the lower TV revenue. Even though the parachute payments, the club will struggle to break even at the end of the season. As a result, he has been linked with a move away from the club in the last few weeks.

The player, though, has categorically denied such rumours by stating that he will remain at QPR this season because he wants to fulfil his contract. Wright Phillips signed the contract on deadline day in 2011. The four-year contract still has two years to run. QPR could have certainly done without an injury he suffered at the end of last season. He is one of the quality players in the team, but he missed the last two months due to an injury. QPR will be beginning the new season in the Championship against Sheffield Wednesday, and Wright Phillips is hoping to be part of the first team for this match.

“When I got injured, everyone stuck by me so I am not about to go anywhere anytime soon. I signed a contract and I want to fulfil it. I played in pre-season but it [ankle] just gets a bit angry every now and again after training. I played with worse last year so I should be able to [play against Wednesday],” said the winger. Shaun Wright Phillips was once the £24 million signing from Manchester City. He has won Premier league titles during his career.

Harry Redknapp, the Queens Park Rangers manager has insisted strongly that former Celtic striker Gary Hooper wanted a summer move to the Loftus Road club from the Scottish giants but a lack of urgency on the club’s behalf saw Premier League side Norwich City swoop for the player and grab him from under their noses and completed a swift deal for the player.

The Rs had an offer for the England striker accepted by the club earlier in the week and Norwich had their own offer accepted soon after. Hooper spoke to both the clubs and the managers and in the end, opted to sign a four year contract with the Canaries admitting that the chance to play in the Premier League was too much of a lure compared to the Championship where Queens Park Rangers will be playing this term.

And speaking to a local media outlet, the former Tottenham Hotspur boss stated that there is no reason to hang about it. He added that he could easily write a book about the players he has signed and lost over the years, before going on to state that all in all, this a part of football. Redknapp also stated that deals have to be completed quickly with other clubs also hanging around and this one dragged on for about two and a half months.

Redknapp mentioned that it was miles long and it should have been done, but insisted that is how things happen and insisted that they must learn from the experience and admitted that Queens Park Rangers cannot afford to make that same mistake once again.

He admitted that the player really wanted to make the switch to Loftus Road and it doesn’t matter what anybody else says because that is how things were but in the end, it just fell apart.

The manager of Queens Park Rangers, Harry Redknapp, has made it clear that Shaun Wright Phillips will not be able to play any more matches in the remaining part of this season.

Phillips featured for QPR in 22 matches this season. The last time that he featured for the Rangers was in a Premier League match against Sunderland in March. QPR had won that match by 3-1.

Phillips has recently gone through a surgery of his ankle and that’s why, he has been ruled out for a few months.

Talking to the reporters about Phillip’s injury, Redknapp said, “He recently had a surgery and he needed that. That ankle was troubling him right from the start of the season, but, he kept playing with that. He played in some matches after taking pain killers. But, it got worse and worse.”

“He wanted to go through the surgery after the end of the season, but, the condition of his ankle became so bad that he couldn’t even take part in training sessions. So, he decided to have the surgery now.”

“I think he should be fit at the start of the next season. He has been asked to rest completely for a couple of months and then, he will begin light training.”

Phillips himself also made it clear via Twitter that his surgery had been completed and it went smoothly. The 31 years old English winger also wrote on his Twitter account that he wanted to thank all his supporters for their good wishes.

There was also a photo uploaded by Phillips in which his ankle was heavily bandaged.

This was Phillip’s second season for QPR. He had signed for them in August 2011 after leaving Manchester City. Earlier in this season, he scored his first ever goal for QPR against Chelsea.

Shaun Wright Phillips has said that he is slowly getting back to peak form.

Phillips’ performance this year has been quite outstanding. He has looked in great form in all the matches that he has played this year. Last month, he scored his first Premier League goal as a QPR player in the match against Chelsea.

Phillips had joined QPR at the start of the 2011-12 season, but, in his debut season, he failed in making a mark. He didn’t score even a single goal in his first season for QPR.

Phillips’ kept struggling with his form in the first half of the ongoing season as well, but, now; it seems that he has got back his form.

When asked about his performance this year, Phillips said, “This has been a lucky year for me so far. I have performed well in almost all the games this year and I am very happy about it.”

When asked if he was under pressure because of his goal drought, Phillips said, “The goals had not been coming since a long time, so, yes, I was getting a bit nervous. That goal against Chelsea came at the right time for me. I was low in confidence, but, after scoring that goal, I got my confidence back.”

“I think I am getting better and better with every match. Hopefully, I would manage to score a few more goals in the upcoming matches.”

“I want to thank my team mates who gave me immense support when I was going through a tough time. Our new manager Harry Redknapp also backed me. He told me to keep believing in myself and keep working hard in training sessions. I did exactly that and it really paid off for me.”

Shaun Wright Phillips has said that he is relieved to have scored a Premier League goal after a long time. Phillips scored a Premier League goal after a gap of almost three years.

That goal came in QPR’s previous Premier League match against Chelsea. With the help of that goal, QPR managed to defeat the Blues by 1-0 in that match. That was only the second victory for QPR in the ongoing Premier League. However, despite that win, QPR is still at the bottom of the points table with 13 points in 21 matches.

Talking to the reporters after the match, Phillips said, “I have been going through a tough phase in this season and there was a bit of pressure on me. But, now, I am relieved that I have managed to score a goal in the league eventually. It’s been a very long time, but, I knew that it had to come at some point of time. It came in a very important match and against a very tough opposition and we won the match as well. So, it’s like icing on the cake for me.”

“We have been going through tough times as a team in this season. We have lost a lot of matches and we needed this victory badly. We knew that we would have to play out our skins if we had to beat Chelsea and we did exactly that. We had a strategy and we played according to that.”

When asked about QPR’s below par performance in the ongoing season so far, Phillips said, “The results haven’t been going in our favour, but, this doesn’t mean that the commitment isn’t there. We have been trying hard, but, sometimes it happens that you lose quite a few matches in a row. Hopefully, we would put up much better performances in the second half of the season.”

The Premier League match played between QPR and Wigan Athletic at the DW Stadium on Saturday has ended in a draw. Both the teams scored two goals each and they had to share the points. This was the seventh draw for QPR in the ongoing League. Harry Redknapp’s team is still looking for its first victory in the tournament. They have lost 9 out of the 16 matches that they have played in the League so far. QPR is currently at the bottom of the Premier League points table.

On the other hand, this was the third draw for Wigan in the League. But, in spite of bagging one point from this match, Wigan has moved down in the points table. Now, Wigan is at no. 18 in the points table. They have won 4 out of the 16 matches that they have played in the competition so far. They have lost 9 matches and the remaining three matches have finished in the form of draws.

There was one change in the starting XI of QPR. Esteban Granero didn’t start the match and on his place, Sean Derry was given the starting opportunity.

Wigan Athletic took the lead in the 19th minute of the match. It was James McCarthy who scored the opening goal for Wigan. The Scottish midfielder beat the QPR goalkeeper with a great volley. But, seven minutes later, the scores were equalized when Ryan Nelsen found the net with a header. There were no more goals scored in the first half.

QPR got ahead by 2-1 in the 72nd minute of the match with the goal Djibril Cisse. But, their lead didn’t last long. Just a couple of minutes later, James McCarthy scored his second goal in the match and the scores got equalized again.

Both the teams failed in scoring any more goals in the remaining time and the match got finished without any result.
QPR will play its next match against Fulham at the Loftus Road Stadium on Saturday.