Queens Park Rangers boss Harry Redknapp has revealed that despite their promotion to the Premier League, French striker Loic Remy could be set to leave this summer for a fee in the region of £8million, according to The Daily Mail.
Various newspaper outlets have reported in recent weeks that Remy, who has been included in Didier Deschamps’ preliminary World Cup squad, wants to leave the club and return to the Champions League, something corroborated by Rangers boss Redknapp following the club’s promotion on Saturday.
Since his move from Marseille in January 2013, Remy has proved that he is capable of scoring goals in the Premier League; he netted six times for QPR in the few months before they relegated, before scoring 14 in 27 games whilst on loan at Newcastle United last season.
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However despite Rangers defeating Derby County 1-0 on Saturday in the SkyBet Championship play-off final, Redknapp does not believe he will be able to call upon the French striker next season, as the Rs aim to survive.
Following the game, Redknapp said, as reported by The Daily Mail, ”I do not see Remy coming back and wanting to play. He talked about playing Champions League somewhere. I wouldn’t know what he’ll do, but I think he’s got a buy-out clause which is at a reasonable level.”
Remy’s buy-out clause was described by Redknapp as “not much more than we paid for him”, which was 10.5 million Euros as per Soccerway.com, which is roughly equivalent to a fee in the region of eight to eight and a half million pounds.
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The France international has been repeatedly linked with both Liverpool and Arsenal in recent weeks, with the striker spotted by the Sky cameras at Arsenal’s game with West Bromwich Albion towards the end of the season.