Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink won't let Charlie Austin leave QPR on cheap
Tuesday 8 December 2015 08:19, UK
New QPR boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is looking forward to working with Charlie Austin who, he says, will not be leaving on a cut-price deal.
Striker Austin is out of contract at the end of the season and is expected to be the target of a number of Premier League clubs when the transfer window re-opens in January.
The 26-year-old told Sky Sports News HQ in October that he will wait until next summer to sort out his future and Hasselbaink would love to see him stay beyond the end of the 2015-16 campaign.
The Dutchman warned off potential bidders at his first press conference as QPR manager, when he said:"You don't pinch. He's not going to be pinched.
"I'm looking forward to working with Charlie, and I'm looking forward to working with everyone else as well.
"Charlie Austin is a very important individual at this club but it's a team game. I want to have a team. I don't want individuals. You need a team and eventually teams win you titles. Individuals win just the game.
"We need to hit the ground with both feet, not one, and concentrate on a Saturday, and the league will take care of itself. That's the easiest way, and that's the best way."
Hasselbaink is in no rush to jump into the transfer market in January himself, adding: "I want to work with this group first, I think they deserve that."
And he is determined to bring his successful recipe from Burton Albion, where he took the club into League One this season, with him to Loftus Road.
Hasselbaink said: "The secret at Burton? Hard work. Being committed. But what did I bring? That's for other people to say. There is a certain way I work. I want my players to come in with a smile on their face.
"We work them hard. When they go back they are tired, but they are happy they have done the work."
