Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
EXCLUSIVE: ADEL - 'MY FUTURE IS HERE'
npower Championship Player of the Year Adel Taarabt has reiterated his desire to stay at QPR for the long-term.
Taarabt, who scooped the prestigious crown at a glitzy awards bash in London on Sunday night, has constantly been linked with a move away from Loftus Road, but the R's skipper revealed in no uncertain terms where his future lies.
"I want to help take this Club to the Premier League," he toldQPR Player, in an exclusive interview to be viewed later today (Tuesday).
"I want to stay at QPR and play for Neil Warnock.
"I think as long as he is here I will be here too."
Taarabt, whose 15 goals and 15 assists have made him the stand-out performer in the second tier so far this season, added: "I'm very happy to win this award.
"This award is for me, my team-mates, the fans and the Club in general.
"The fans have been fantastic for me. I feel really close to them. I have never had this kind of support."
Rangers captain Taarabt's grief after cousin is shot dead in Marseille
Top Ranger: Taarabt has been given leave after a family tragedy
Championship player of the year Adel Taarabt was pulled out of Queens Park Rangers' victory at Doncaster on Saturday after being told his cousin had been shot dead. But the brave midfielder only agreed to miss the clash under orders from manager Neil Warnock.
Taarabt, 21, had received a phone call at 10.30am on Saturday informing him that the family member had been killed in Marseille. Despite being distraught at the news, the Rangers skipper insisted he wanted to play.
But after a heart-to-heart with Warnock, whom Morocco star Taarabt has described as a father figure, he agreed to return to London.
Warnock has told him not to return to England until Friday, April 1, so he can spend time with his grief-stricken family, but the player has still joined up with his international team-mates ahead of Morocco's clash with Algeria on Sunday.
Monday, 21 March 2011
Exclusive - Taarabt: 'God has brought Neil Warnock to me'
Adel Taarabt claims that Neil Warnock is a gift from God.
The QPR playmaker was named Championship Player of the Year at the Football League Awards on Sunday after an outstanding season.
The Moroccan has weighed in with 15 goals and 15 assists to send the Hoops within touching distance of the Premier League.
And he has put that fine form down to his manager, telling talkSPORT: "God has brought Neil Warnock to me. We have a fantastic relationship as I’m a very difficult guy to control and he can deal with me. I have not just found a home, I’ve found a family and to have a manager like this is fantastic.
“I’m a big character and want to be the best and all the tricks I try, I want them to come off. If I play badly I go home upset but people confuse the person and the footballer, I’m not a bad guy.”
Warnock’s men have one foot in the Premier League and Taarabt can’t wait to strut his stuff on the big stage.
“We have 8 more games and 4 wins will get us promoted but we want to win the league," added the 21-year-old. "He (Warnock) told me that he wants to take me to the Premier League. Before there was only Ronaldo here and the fans want to see entertainment.”
Warnock: Adel's our Talisman
Taarabt picked up the gong ahead of Norwich's Grant Holt and Swansea's Scott Sinclair, who were also short-listed for the award, which was voted for by supporters across the country.
Taarabt: I couldn't have done it without you, Mrs Warnock
Barely a week in the Championship seems to pass without Adel Taarabt causing a stir. The 21-year-old has been the outstanding player in a Queens Park Rangersteam whose dominance has been such that they need only 15 points from eight games to return to thePremier League next season.
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