QPR Leading Man City In Race To Land EPL STAR THIS SUMMER TRANSFER

QPR Leading Man City In Race To Land EPL STAR THIS SUMMER TRANSFER

 

Fresh Man City, Eze transfer claim could put further pressure on Gareth Ainsworth at QPR: Opinion

Fresh Man City, Eze transfer claim could put further pressure on Gareth Ainsworth at QPR: Opinion

Things have not been going well for Ainsworth at Loftus Road

Ainsworth’s performance as QPR manager has been underwhelming, with only five wins in 25 games and the team struggling in the Championship.
Manchester City’s interest in signing Ebereche Eze from Crystal Palace could potentially bring a significant financial windfall for QPR, which could lead to reinvestment and improvement for the team.

To secure the backing of the club for such investments, Ainsworth needs to show signs of turning things around quickly and proving himself as the right manager for the job. Otherwise, Manchester City’s transfer plans could impact his future at Loftus Road.

It is probably fair to say that things have not gone as Gareth Ainsworth would have wanted since he was named QPR manager back in February.

Departing Wycombe to return to the club he served so well as a player between 2003 and 2010, Ainsworth only narrowly guided QPR to safety from Championship relegation in the final months of last season.

 

Those struggles have now continued into the current campaign, with the Hoops currently sat 22nd in the early Championship standings, with just eight points from 11 games so far.

Indeed, Ainsworth has won just five of the 25 games he has taken charge of QPR for to date, while the likes of Blackburn, Coventry and Sunderland have all won more games than the R’s at their home ground of Loftus Road, since his appointment.

 

As a result, the pressure does look to be building on Ainsworth in his current position, with a number of the club’s supporters calling for his sacking.

 

Now it seems as though the latest transfer claims surrounding Manchester City, and a former QPR man in Ebereche Eze, could be about to put Ainsworth under yet more scrutiny.

 

What is the latest on Manchester City’s interest in Eze?

Having left QPR to join Crystal Palace back in the summer of 2020, Eze has gone on to excel in the Premier League for the Eagles

His form recently saw the winger earn his first senior international caps for England, although injury has kept him out of the latest round of Three Lions fixtures.

Meanwhile, it was reported over the summer transfer window that last season’s treble winners, Manchester City, were keen on signing the 25-year-old.

 

Ultimately, no deal to take Eze to the Etihad Stadium materialised before the market closed in early September, although the latest updates from Football Insider have now claimed that City remain keen on a deal for the winger, ahead of the January transfer window.

 

Given the knock-on effects that could have on QPR from a financial perspective, there is certainly an argument that such a revelation, could be bad news for Ainsworth at Loftus Road.

 

What could City’s pursuit of Eze mean for Ainsworth and QPR?

It has been reported that as part of the deal that took Eze from QPR to Crystal Palace just over three years ago, there is a clause that entitles the R’s to 20% of any fee that Palace receive from the future sale of the winger.

Meanwhile, it is thought that Palace continue to value the 25-year-old at somewhere in the region of £70million in the lead-up to the market reopening at the turn of the year.

 

So if City were to meet that valuation, that would bring in a big financial windfall for a club at QPR’s level, that could open up some big possibilities for reinvestment in the Hoops first-team squad that may help to improve on their current position.

 

However, if the Championship club are going to be ready to spend such important and sizeable fees as that, they will surely want to be convinced that they are backing the right manager by doing so.