I forget whether it was during the terrible reign of Kinnear or the terrible reign of Megson that we were first linked with Marc Bircham, I suspect Kinnear – but he was certainly an exciting prospect of a signing then. Apparently QPR have yet to offer the midfielder new terms, and his contract is up for renewal in the summer – and both ourselves and “dirty” Leeds United have been linked with a move for him during the transfer window.
The 28 year old was a firm QPR favourite, before getting oddly frozen out by previous R’s manager, the appropriately named Waddock. John Gregory is in charge now, and had restored Bircham to the side – and given him the captain’s armband but now he’s sidelined with a hamstring injury – so if nothing else, we could get him to keep Cullip and Agogo company on the hamstring treatment table!
Despite their poor position Leeds remain a strange lure to players – but with a bit of luck he’d prefer to sign for a side on the way up with progressive manager rather than a side on the slide with a midget lunatic in charge of them. It’s thought that if a move is made in January it would be for an initial fee followed by an additional bonus if we were to attain promotion. He used to dye his hair silly colours too, which could have been entertaining, except he doesn’t seem to any more! Boo!
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