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‘Charlie Austin is likely to leave’ admits QPR manager

Charlton pair Tony Watt and Morgan Fox ensured QPR crashed to a 2-0 defeat on their return to the Sky Bet Championship. ‘It was hard to claw back the momentum.

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“If the owners get the right money, I think he will be moving on”, Ramsey said after the loss at The Valley.

‘Knowing him as a man, he would want to repay that.

“They have quality and experience, so to come through that on some of the player’s debuts I’m very happy”.

He scored 18 goals in the Premier League last season but it wasn’t enough to keep QPR in the top flight.

Queens Park Rangers retreated into their shell a little after Watt’s opener and were punished for not chasing the game as Fox doubled Charlton’s lead with a great 20 yard strike.

Charlton manager Guy Luzon revealed Tony Watt didn’t start against QPR because of a training ground incident.

Substitute Watt made an instant impact by scoring just seven minutes following his introduction at the start of the second half.

‘Tony changed the game and brought us some bravery in our attack.

He missed a bit pre-season through injury – and that was the reason I took him off. He looked as if he overstretched it a bit and it was a precaution. He accepted it. He didn’t have any choice. “There is still room for us to improve and I’m sure that we will get better and better as the games come”. When the coach make a decision that he thinks will benefit the team then he you have to accept it as a player, and he did.

“There is no doubt about his quality, his talent”. QPR were rattled by going behind and they were fortunate not to fall further in arrears in the 65th minute when an unmarked Patrick Bauer headed over.

The left-back was given space to move forward before he drilled a fine shot past the helpless Green.

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They could have won by a bigger margin though as Johann Berg Gudmundsson struck the crossbar from a free-kick in the dying stages.

Charlie Austin playing for QPR