QPR confirm PSG target Adel Taarabt is staying put this summer

The statement was made by majority shareholders Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore and reads as follows: 

“We are pleased to confirm that Adel Taarabt will be staying at QPR this summer.

“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 QPR manager 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.”

The statement draws a line under the possibility of Taarabt moving to Paris Saint-Germain, something that was exclusively revealed on Goal.com earlier this week.

The QPR statement also mentions the club’s desire to bring in new players, one of whom is Danny Gabbidon: “Welsh international Danny Gabbidon has impressed the coach whilst on trial and we are aiming to add him, as well as at least one or two other players to our squad in the near future.”