QPR have begun their search for a new boss as Loftus Road chiefs start preparations for life after Michael Beale. The London outfit are bracing themselves for an official approach from Rangers seeking permission to speak to their manager.
But while they wait, they have instructed a string of top agents to start putting out feelers for potential replacements should Steven Gerrard's former No.2 decide he's set on a move back to Ibrox. It's only a month since the R's started a similar process after allowing Beale to meet with Wolves to discuss the vacancy at Molineux.
The Premier League strugglers were stunned when the 42-year-old knocked back that offer but Queens Park Rangers bosses fear he will find it harder to resist a return to Rangers. Les Ferdinand, director of football at the English championship side, has already confessed to Record Sport he will not stand in Beale's way if the former Liverpool, Chelsea and Sao Paulo coach is serious about rejoining the club he quit just a year ago when he followed Gerrard to Aston Villa. However, that would depend on Gers coughing up the £1.5million release clause in Beale's contract.
The Ibrox club drew up a six-man short-list of potential candidates to replace Gio van Bronckhorst, who was sacked on Monday. Managing director Stewart Robertson and sporting director Ross Wilson have spent the week in the UK capital speaking to some of the contenders but it's believed Beale remains the clear frontrunner.
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