THE Warren Farm Sports Complex is set to become QPR’s new training ground – and one of the reasons Mark Hughes became the club’s new manager this week.

Rs ambitions to develop the 59-acre site in Windmill Lane that borders Southall and Osterley, and provide a state of the art complex for both the Premier League Club and the community, is within weeks of being finalised with owners London Borough Of Ealing council.

Hughes was unveiled as the man to replace the sacked Neil Warnock on Tuesday, and ironically returned to the place he trained as a Chelsea player when he took his first session as Rs boss the following day.

But the Imperial Sports Ground at Harlington is past its sell-by date according to Hughes, and plans for not only a new stadium to replace Loftus Road , but a training ground worthy of a Premier League club was a clincher in securing Sparky’s return to west London 16 months after he quit Fulham.

“Harlington is also 10 years older since I was last there,” said Hughes, “and I realised the Rangers’ ambitions were mine as well with the various exciting plans they have in place.”

QPR have slated two other possible sites for its new training base, but the rundown Warren Farm complex is the favoured choice by a distance.

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