Tottenham and Chelsea legend Glenn Hoddle has declared QPR striker Charlie Austin a natural.

He wrote in the Mail on Sunday: "What people don't appreciate about Charlie is that he's scored 15 goals this season yet because QPR are fighting relegation, he's not had that many chances.

"He is a born finisher, instinctive in the way that Gary Lineker or Ian Rush was and perhaps the best of the three in that regard. I was with him at QPR and Charlie knows he has to work on his game outside the box, in his positioning and movement. But he will do that, because he is committed learner and though he's 25, you can see him improving over the next few years."