QPR manager Mark Hughes is looking at the possibility of bringing former Liverpool and Fulham defender Paul Konchesky to Loftus Road.
Ironically, Mark Hughes sold Paul Konchesky to Liverpool back in 2010, although it could be largely due to the presence of former Fulham manager Roy Hodgson at the Anfield club. Nevertheless, the move did not work well for the former West Ham defender and he was loaned out to Leicester City.
The longer was recently made permanent and it looked likely to be the end of Konchesky in the Premier league. However, QPR are looking at strengthening their defence and have identified Paul Konchesky as a major transfer target.
Paul Konchesky has great experience of playing in the Premier league for many seasons. He is expected to be competing for the left back position alongside Manchester United left back Fabio Da Silva, who was recently signed by the club on a season long loan deal. The 31-year-old is expected to cost only around £ 1 million from Leicester City.
QPR have been making a lot of noise about challenging for a European spot and the signing of Paul Konchesky will be extremely important towards achieving this dream. The club are expected to spend big in the transfer window due to the high ambitions of the new Malaysian owner Tony Fernandes.
QPR managed to survive in the Premier league by the skin of their teeth after the 3-2 defeat at the hands of Manchester city on the final day of last season. However, the rivals for the safety Bolton Wanderers managed to lose their match against Stoke city, which helped QPR stay up in the Premier league despite the defeat. Tony Fernandes said after the match that the club would have been in a difficult position had they been relegated.
Leicester City defender Paul Konchesky has said that he is extremely sorry for this reaction to a Leicester City fan following the 2-1 defeat at the hands of Millwall.
The defeat meant that Leicester City are unlikely to make it into the play-offs with only a few matches remaining. It led to abuse from the City fans towards former Liverpool defender Paul Konchesky.
Rather than taking it within himself, Paul Konchesky retaliated by showing an obscene gesture towards the fan. It has sparked criticism for the Liverpool defender, who has now come out and apologised for this reaction.
Paul Konchesky is one of the popular Leicester City players, but he was a target for the fans in the 2-1 defeat at the hands of Millwall. Leicester City were expected to at least make it into the play-offs position this season, but this defeat means that they are now six points behind the sixth position with only three matches remaining in the season. Hence, it is very unlikely that they will know have the chance to play in the play-offs. It is this frustration that has got the better out of the fans, which has led to the abuse of Paul Konchesky.
"My sincere apologises to all my loyal LCFC fans for my reaction at the end of the game. Just to clear things up, the gesture was directed at one fan who had abused me at the end of the game and had called me all the ******* under the sun. He had got well and truly under my skin. Constructive criticism is always welcome if you think I haven't played to the best of my ability, but abuse gets you nowhere. I give 100 per cent every game, so I send my apologies again to all the loyal and faithful LCFC fans," said Konchesky on his Twitter account.
Paul Konchesky has said that he made a mistake by moving to Liverpool under the guidance of Roy Hodgson.
After the appointment of Hodgson, there were a number of reports linking Paul Konchesky with a move to Liverpool. Paul Konchesky had developed a great rapport with then Fulham manager Roy Hodgson, but the former West Ham United player admits that the move was a wrong one in hindsight. Liverpool signed the player for just around £ 2 million, but the Liverpool career never really took off for Konchesky – or Roy Hodgson for that matter.
Paul Konchesky says that he knew he was never going to get chance at Liverpool once Roy Hodgson was sacked by the club's new owners. Soon, Paul Konchesky found himself in the fringes of the first team and was immediately sent out on loan by newly appointed Kenny Dalglish. Since then, Paul Konchesky has made his move to Leicester City a permanent one and says that he is enjoying life at the Championship club. He recently won a lot of praise for the performance against Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace had just beaten Manchester United a few days ago, but Paul Konchesky's impressive performances meant that Leicester City managed to beat them 3-0.
It was a stunning result and Paul Konchesky was crucial in it because he kept Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha quiet throughout the match. Wilfried Zaha had been one of the most impressive players in the match against Manchester United, but he was kept in Paul Konchesky's pocket all through the night.
"I went to Liverpool in the summer and when you move teams you think it's going to be a big thing for you really. It obviously didn't work out for different reasons," Paul Konchesky said when asked about his move to Liverpool.