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QPR ace Austin ‘not disappointed’ after failed Premier League move

Charlie Austin insists he is not disenchanted by the fact he has remained with QPR.


The 26-year-old striker, who scored 18 goals in the Premier League with the R's last season, failed to land a move away from the Championship club in the summer transfer window.

Austin was a target for the likes of Newcastle United, Crystal Palace and West Ham United but ended up staying at Loftus Road where he plans to deliver another promotion to the West Londoners.

"I'm not disappointed," Austin said in an interview with the Daily Mail.

"It's a decision I've taken, with my family and agent. If the move happened, it was going to be big but it wasn't something I was going to rush in to. I didn't want the club to be pushed on me.

"I spoke to Les Ferdinand (QPR's director of football) and told him if the move was not right then I wasn't going. But I also knew he had to do everything to get the best for QPR.

"I told him if I was here on September 2, I'd be giving 100 per cent to help the club get promotion. That is the goal now."

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