West Ham, Newcastle, Chelsea and Tottenham target complicates January move

Charlie Austin ready to reject a January move

CHARLIE AUSTIN is ready to reject a Premier League move in January to help QPR win promotion.

 

The striker was linked with a number of clubs in the summer including West Ham, Newcastle, Chelsea and Tottenham.

But QPR stood by their valuation of £15million.

The west London club are keen to tie him down to a new deal with his current contract running out in the summer.

 

Austin's seven goals have made him joint top scorer in the division but he can walk away for free at the end of the season.

He's likely to be looked at in January but according to the Evening Standard he is ready to wait until the summer to make up his mind. 

Newcastle boss Steve McClaren recently admitted Austin was still on his radar.

 

Steve McClaren fancies another crack at Austin

McClaren said: "He has been on Newcastle's radar from the second half of last season and during the summer, and he will stay on the radar, definitely.

"At this present moment, I am not targeting anything at all other than trying to get this team to play how I want them to and how I can, in my mind, envision what we can do.

"We are not there yet. Until I get that, I can't say 'we will do this' or 'we will do that'. It is too early for that."