The 11 QPR players who may not put a R's shirt on again after Saturday | OneFootball

QPR need a new manager and have 11 out of contract players. Who might be on their way in this huge shake-up?

Queens Park Rangers spent the autumn of their tenth consecutive season in the Championship in the relegation places before eventually hauling themselves up to a comfortable, if unspectacular, lower mid-table position.

With manager Marti Cifuentes now placed on gardening leave and several players set to depart Loftus Road, the R's look set for a busy summer ahead.

Here are the 11 who may not be with the club by the start of next season...

Steve Cook

Highly experienced defender Steve Cook signed for an undisclosed fee from Nottingham Forest in August 2023 after having been part of the squad which took them into the Premier League.

That experience has proved critical over those two seasons, and Cook was awarded their Player of the Year award at the end of his first season at Loftus Road, although it should be added that, as the club's estimated highest earner at £30,000 a week, Rangers could trim a little off their wage bill were they to decide to not renew.

West London Sport reported in April that he was due to sign a new contract with the club, but this is unlikely to be confirmed until after the season's end.

Kenneth Paal

Left-back Paal was of interest to Watford last summer following a report on West London Sport that Rangers were looking to sell him ahead of the final year of his three-year contract with the club.

Paal, who's now played more than 120 games for QPR since joining on a free transfer from the Dutch club PEC Zwolle in 2022, ended up staying at Loftus Road in the end and has made 39 Championship appearances for them this season.

But the Hornets' interest could be revived by his contract expiring come the end of this season, and it's likely that other clubs will also be interested in a player who now has three full seasons of Championship experience under his belt.

Koki Saito

Despite some problems with injuries this season, Saito has impressed at Loftus Road since arriving on loan from the Belgian club Bommel SK last summer after spending last season at Sparta Rotterdam.

And there's a twist to his contract situation. His deal with his parent club expires this summer, so rather than trigger a buy option, Rangers could have the option to sign him on a free transfer without having to negotiate a fee with his club, though his contract expiry may make him an attractive proposition to other clubs as well.

There has been no confirmation of Saito's future as yet, but at 23 years of age it's time for him to make a permanent move rather than staying out on loan for year after year, and QPR should be among the front-runners to secure his services on a permanent basis.

Ronnie Edwards

Defender Ronnie Edwards signed for QPR for the rest of this season from Southampton in the January transfer window and has made 20 appearances for QPR, making him close to a regular in the first team.

Southampton had signed him the previous summefrom Peterborough United, but he only made three Premier League appearances for the Saints throughout the first half of the season.

But the prospect of him staying at Loftus Road is unlikely as he heads back to St Mary's/

Southampton's relegation into the Championship will see a substantial rebuild required on the south coast, and a combination of a bigger squad being required for a 46-game season and the benefits of having experienced Championship players could tempt them to keep him in the fold.

Harrison Ashby

Harrison Ashby joined Queens Park Rangers on loan from Newcastle United last summer.

He's made 27 appearances for them this season, but he's only started five times since the new year and MSN reported a falling out with Marti Cifuentes during their 2-1 home defeat against Swansea City on Easter Monday.

With Cifuentes having now been placed on gardening leave and likely to leave the club himself, Ashby may have cause for reconsideration if he had been thinking of returning to his parent club or going elsewhere, and after already having spent last season at Swansea, the right-back may again conclude that he's better off elsewhere again, next time around.

Jimmy Dunne

West London Sport reported in the middle of April that QPR were fighting to keep hold of Dunne in the face of interest from Sheffield United, and according to a report in the Sheffield Star they were back in the January transfer window this year with a (somewhat surprising, considering that he only had six months on his contract left to run) deadline day bid of £3m, which Rangers rejected.

Having made more than 150 appearances for QPR since signing from Burnley in 2021, Dunne is an important cog in the Loftus Road wheel, but much of whether the Blades for a third attempt to take him to Bramall Lane may come down to whether they can get back up into the Premier League via the playoffs.

Yang Min-hyeok

Yang is an exciting prospect who's currently on loan to QPR from Spurs after arriving until the end of this season at the end of January, after having signed for the Premier League the previous summer on a six-year contract. He's played 14 games for Rangers since then and has scored twice.

Given that recent Spurs loan policy regarding young players has tended to be to lend them out to other clubs to get them game experience, there's every possibility that his loan at Loftus Road will be extended, though his promise as a player will likely attract the interest of other clubs, as well, so they may face a fight to hang onto him.

Michael Frey

Experienced striker Michael Frey had previously played in Switzerland, France, Turkey, Italy, Germany and Belgium before joining QPR in the January 2024 transfer window from Royal Antwerp. He's scored eight goals in 32 League games since then.

Frey has an option to extend his contract when his current one expires, so there is every possibility that he will stay with the club for next season, though his potential availability may be of interest to other Championship clubs.

Lucas Andersen

Another player to arrive at QPR at the end of the January transfer window last year was Lucas Andersen, who signed for the club on an 18-month contract after his previous contract with the Danish club AaB was cancelled.

Andersen had been highly-rated as a youngster, with his first big move being to Ajax, for whom he made 37 Eredivisie appearances between 2012 and 2015 before leaving for the Swiss club Grasshoppers.

There has as yet been no confirmation of what Andersen's plans for next season might be. The 30 year-old midfielder spoke to London News Online in February and he told them that: “I’m just happy as long as I’m here. Me and my family are very happy, and we want to stay to be a part of the project."

Jack Colback

Midfielder Colback joined the club after being in the Nottingham Forest squad which was promoted to the Premier League in 2023, but his 2024/25 season was seriously disrupted by a knee injury that he picked up in October which required surgery.

Having made his full league debut for Sunderland 17 years ago in 2008, Colback has certainly had a varied career, with over 400 league appearances which saw him turn out for both Sunderland and Newcastle United. At 35 years of age, he'll be thanking his lucky stars for having added a year's option to extend at Loftus Road when he signed for them in the first place.