QPR are determined not to leave their summer transfer business late.

The Fulham Chronicle says chairman Tony Fernandes and co are putting in the groundwork this week for a frenetic summer of transfer activity, with a centre-half top of the priority list following the departures of Fitz Hall and Danny Gabbidon.

The club was severely hampered when only allowed to make a raft of signings at the last minute in August 2011 after Fernandes finally wrested control at Rs.