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Rangers land Italian striker

Image: Dowie: Di Carmine deal

Teenage forward Samuel Di Carmine has joined QPR on a season-long loan deal from Fiorentina.

Di Carmine moves on season-long loan

Teenage forward Samuel Di Carmine has joined QPR on a season-long loan deal from Fiorentina. Loftus Road boss Iain Dowie has made the 19-year-old Italian his latest addition as he builds a squad capable of challenging for promotion. Di Carmine arrives hot on the heels of Genoa's Emmanuel Jorge Ledesma, who penned an identical deal on Friday afternoon. Radek Cerny, Peter Ramage and Matteo Alberti are also on board at the wealthy West London club.

Potential

Dowie said: "Samuel is a young striker with potential. I went out to see him play in Italy and I thought he did very well. He leads the line well and uses his body very well for someone so young. "A season-long loan provides us with a good opportunity to have a closer look at him. "Technically, he looks fine. He might take a little bit of time to adjust to the physical rigours of Championship football, but I'm sure he's capable of that. "What we want is a good under-belly of young players at the club. When you're building for the future that's vitally important."