QPR announced their £8million shirt sponsors deal by ramping up the chances of getting David Beckham in the January transfer window.

Chief executive Phil Beard’s held out the carrot of ‘finding no club better in London’ for the global superstar than the Premiership new boys.

Speaking at the same time as the new Air Asia/Malaysia Airlines deal got its first airing, Beard, who knows Beckham well, hoped the 36-year-old superstar ‘might spend a few months’ at QPR – at the very least.

And AirAsia’s spokesperson, Kathleen Tan, added that major shareholder Tony Fernandes was a determined man when the airline mogul wanted something badly.

“Over the years I’ve learned to take Tony seriously when he says he’s going after something – no matter how difficult it might be,” she added. “No-one thought his ambitions in F1, for example, were serious – and he made that happen.

“There are exciting opportunities here at QPR.”

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