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BBC News
13-07-2025
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Dunne named as skipper by QPR
Jimmy Dunne has been named as the new Queens Park Rangers club captain for the coming 27-year-old defender, who was named player of the year by both the Rs fans and players for last season, signed a new contract with the club last who joined the London side from Burnley four years ago, told the club website, external: "I was definitely a kid when I came here and the experiences with the different head coaches have definitely been very valuable."I definitely understand the game a lot better than I did at the start. I'm less emotional in my decision-making than I was when I first came. But I'm still just as eager to win."


BBC News
23-06-2025
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Goalkeeper Cooper commits future to Hoops
QPR goalkeeper Murphy Cooper has signed a new contract at Loftus 23-year-old spent last season on loan at Stevenage where he made 40 appearances and kept 16 clean came through the Hoops' academy and has made two senior appearances for the spent time on loan at Welling and Bath City before heading to Swindon Town for the 2023-24 season, making 25 appearances in all competitions, keeping four clean sheets."I've been at QPR a long time and I want to continue to be here, so I was delighted when the club offered me a new contract - I was itching to sign it," he told the Rs' website."I want to do as well as I can to come back and play here. It's just about bridging the gap to eventually be the number one here. I just need to keep going, keep playing and keep improving."Cooper follows fellow goalkeeper Joe Walsh, midfielder Sam Field and player of the season Jimmy Dunne in committing his future to the have not revealed the length of the new contract.
Yahoo
19-06-2025
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QPR sign Australian midfielder Pearman
QPR have signed Australian midfielder Jaylan Pearman on a free transfer from Perth Glory. The 19-year-old represented Australia as the Young Socceroos won the Under-20 Asian Cup in February. Pearman will join up with the development squad after his contract with the Glory expires at the end of the month. Advertisement The news comes after the club revealed player of the season Jimmy Dunne had signed a new deal, Pearman follows Kaleb Dyke and Timothy Akindileni in joining up with the R's development squad. "It feels amazing. It's a lifelong dream to play in Europe, so it's exciting to be here," he told the club's website. "QPR are well-known for bringing in and bringing through young players, so it's a good pathway for me in terms of any other club I could have gone to. "It's the right choice to come here."


BBC News
19-06-2025
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QPR sign Australian midfielder Pearman
QPR have signed Australian midfielder Jaylan Pearman on a free transfer from Perth 19-year-old represented Australia as the Young Socceroos won the Under-20 Asian Cup in will join up with the development squad after his contract with the Glory expires at the end of the news comes after the club revealed player of the season Jimmy Dunne had signed a new deal,Pearman follows Kaleb Dyke and Timothy Akindileni in joining up with the R's development squad."It feels amazing. It's a lifelong dream to play in Europe, so it's exciting to be here," he told the club's website, external."QPR are well-known for bringing in and bringing through young players, so it's a good pathway for me in terms of any other club I could have gone to."It's the right choice to come here."


BBC News
18-06-2025
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Defender Dunne signs new QPR contract
QPR defender Jimmy Dunne has signed a new contract with the Championship was voted player of the season by both the club's fans and players, external as the Rs finished 15th in the 27-year-old has made 163 appearance since joining the club from Burnley in 2021, scoring 11 was set to be out of contract this summer and had been linked with a move to Sheffield United in January, but QPR said they remained "in discussions" with him over a new deal last month."This feels like home - it's my club, so I'm really happy to still be here," he told the club's website, missed just one league match and scored five goals in a campaign in which he earned his first international cap for Republic of Ireland. "I've got an emotional attachment to this club, which is obviously super rare in football these days," he said."My butcher's a QPR fan, my postman's a QPR fan. I see them all the time, so I feel the emotion of the people when I'm around Chiswick or wherever I see them."I think that's another reason why I've grown so attached and I think I really care. So much has changed since I've been here. So many managers, so many players, but I've seen how much the fans have cared about us at our lowest points."The club did not state the length of the new moved to Loftus Road four years ago when Mark Warburton was in charge and has since played under Michael Beale, Neil Critchley and Gareth boss Marti Cifuentes was placed on gardening leave following the Hoops' 5-0 home defeat by Burnley in their penultimate game of the season.