QPR goalkeeper Alex McCarthy insists Adel Taarabt has been in good spirits during the week.
The QPR squad have been able to joke about Taarabt's feud with manager Harry Redknapp this week after the Moroccan dismissed his suggestion he was overweight.
McCarthy said: "We've had a few laughs here and there about it, but Adel doesn't take anything to heart.
"It's nothing to do with me - it's to do with them. The whole team has been focused and it hasn't affected anyone at all.
"He has been out there but he's had an illness the last couple of days so we haven't seen much of him, but when he's been out there he's been good."
