MARK Hughes has hit out at the decision to move John Terry's trial to July because it will disrupt QPR's pre-season preparations.
The Chelsea and England captain faces charges over the alleged racial abuse of Anton Ferdinand during the Premier League clash between the clubs back in October.
Hughes is concerned his centre-back will be forced to miss training to give evidence at the trial, which begins on July 9.
He said: "Anton is obviously involved in the case and they have been given a date that is slap-bang in the middle of our pre-season from my point of view and Anton's point of view. That is going to impact on his preparation for a new season.
"I don't know how they have come up with the date, whether they have had discussions with the FA and [made sure] it doesn't impact on the Euros.
“They haven't discussed it with us. They have certainly not discussed the date with me. It seems to be set in stone and it's slap-bang in the middle of our pre-season operation when ideally I would want my player available.
"If John goes to the Euros it impacts on his holiday; it doesn't impact on his pre-season because he'll get a rest after the Euros. It's just in his down-time, it's not in Anton's down-time.
“My understanding is that we were not involved in the discussion about a date. I might be completely wrong but certainly I wasn't in that discussion if there was one.
"We'd like to have had a chance to put our point across to make them understand that there could be a little bit of an issue from our point of view."
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