AC Milan have made an enquiry for QPR midfielder Adel Taarabt, Rene Meulensteen has confirmed.

The mercurial Moroccan, on a season-long loan to Fulham, was left out of the squad for Tuesday night's 2-0 defeat at Swansea .

And manager Meulensteen says it was not right to include the playmaker for the trip to South Wales.

He said: "There's been interest and we thought it'd be a wise decision to not include him.

"We'll see how it develops over the next few days."

Meulensteen remained tight-lipped over Fulham's interest in Milan centre-back Cristian Zaccardo, while the Dutchman says chief executive Alistair Mackintosh is dealing with the club's pursuit of £11.5million-rated Olympiakos striker Kostas Mitroglu.

He added: "I can't really discuss [Mitroglou] at this time, because I need to have a chat with Alistair Mackintosh. He will know exactly what the situation is regarding the player."

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Fulham missed chances to take the lead before goals from Jonjo Shelvey and Chico Flores saw them beaten 2-0 at the Liberty Stadium.

The Cottagers remain out of the bottom three, although relegation rivals West Ham and Sunderland have a game in hand.

"We need to make sure we need to get our noses in front for once, if you do it becomes a different sort of game," Meulensteen said.

"We're lacking goals. The chances we get are few and far between, so the opportunities you get we have to take.

"The only way to get out of this is to win games, get your noses in front and you have to drag yourselves out of it.

"There are two things; you need to defend better and you need to take your chances."