Queens Park Rangers set to name Mark Warburton as manager
Tuesday 7 May 2019 10:02, UK
Mark Warburton is set to be confirmed as the new manager of Queens Park Rangers, Sky Sports News understands.
The former Brentford, Rangers and Nottingham Forest boss has been high among the potential candidates since Steve McClaren was sacked on April 1.
Warburton has held a series of meetings with the QPR hierarchy and is keen on the job in full understanding of the West London club's financial constraints.
John Eustace has been in caretaker charge for QPR's final seven games of the Sky Bet Championship season, winning two, drawing once, and losing four times, but he will remain as Warburton's assistant, Sky Sports News understands.
Tim Sherwood had been the preferred choice of director of football Les Ferdinand and he also held talks with the club as well as Darren Moore, Gareth Ainsworth and former QPR player Marc Bircham.
But the job is set to be given to the 56-year-old Warburton, who has been out of work since being sacked by Forest on New Year's Eve 2017.
He emerged as a promising manager during his time at Brentford, taking them into the Championship in 2014 and then guiding them to the play-offs in just his first season in the second tier, losing to Middlesbrough in the semi-finals.
He was subsequently sacked by the Bees over a difference of opinion about the future structure of the club, but then took over at Rangers just a few months later and promoted them back to the Scottish Premiership in his first season, as well as winning the Scottish Challenge Cup.
After losing his job at Rangers in February 2017, Warburton took over at Forest a month later but was sacked in December with his team 14th in the Championship table.
QPR have endured a difficult season after agreeing a £42m FFP settlement with the English Football League (EFL) last season, finishing in 19th place.
