Hughes keen to maintain focus

by Setanta Staff , 31 January 2012 football news

Mark Hughes doesn't think QPR's frantic end to transfer deadline day will have an impact on their performance against Aston Villa.


The west London side have been one of the busiest clubs this month and look set for a hectic end to the day.

Boss Hughes this afternoon completed the signing of Lazio striker Djibril Cisse, who goes straight into the squad for their clash at Villa Park, subject to international clearance being received one hour before kick-off.

The Rs still hope to bring in Fulham's Bobby Zamora for a fee understood to be between £4million and £5million and, while the Hoops are not among the many clubs playing, Hughes admits the deadline's timing is making things hard to juggle.

"[It is] a little bit [problematic] possibly because ideally you want a clear run at the window on the last day," he said. "You are getting calls and a situation can present itself very, very quickly.

"All the while there are other things going on as well, people are in for medicals and there are a lot of things going on the last day of the window."

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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