Ravel Morrison Becomes 31st Squad Member to Join QPR's Bloated Ranks: Daily Soccer Report

Queens Park Rangers continues to be the dumping ground for highly talented misfits. The Championship club has added another one to its ranks — expanding its squad to 31 players, mostly journeymen — with the loan signing of Ravel Morrison from West Ham United, who will spend the next 93 days trying to get the R’s back into the Premier League.

Morrison joins a QPR squad that already comprises:

Rob Green, Danny Simpson, Armand Traore, Richard Dunne, Clint Hill, Matt Phillips, Andy Johnson, Charlie Austin, Tom Carroll, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Will Keane, Suk-Young Yun, Kevin Doyle, Nedum Onuoha, Jermaine Jenas, Joey Barton, Aaron Hughes, Niko Kranjcar, Karl Henry, Luke Young, David Hoilett, Bobby Zamora, Brian Murphy, Max Ehmer, Alejandro Faurlin, Julio Cesar (on loan to Toronto), Yossi Benayoun, Gary O’Neil, Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Modibo Maiga.

Talk about a bloated squad who are trying to buy their way back into the Premier League. The wage bill at Loftus Road must be obscene.

Here are today’s world soccer news headlines:

Championship

• Ravel Morrison joins QPR from West Ham on 93-day loan — The Guardian

Premier League

• Manuel Pellegrini’s fine Manchester City game plan undone by one error — The Guardian
• Arsene Wenger concedes world’s best team are the opponent but believes they can be beaten — The Mirror
• Manchester City’s Manuel Pellegrini accuses referee of Barcelona bias — The Guardian
• Fulham finally confirm that Rene Meulensteen has been let go — Fulham FC
• How can Arsenal’s tactics tame Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich? — The Guardian
• Italy boss Cesare Prandelli linked with Tottenham job after World Cup — The Independent
• Manuel Pellegrini faces Uefa charge for referee attack — The Guardian
• Gotze v Ozil: Why this stats battle may surprise Arsenal fans — Squawka
• Inter Milan at the front of the queue to snap up Hatem Ben Arfa — Newcastle Chronicle
• Joleon Lescott confirms he is set to leave Manchester City in the summer — MEN
• René Meulensteen faces fight to secure a pay-off from Fulham — The Guardian
• Manchester United players set for 25 per cent pay cut if they miss out on Champions League — The Mirror
• The referee was right to give a penalty… and show Demichelis a red card — The Mail
• Sky Italia claim Liverpool have “made a substantial offer” to sign Arsenal’s Bacary Sagna — 101GG
• Cardiff City: Midfielder Gary Medel suffers injury blow — BBC Sport
• Heurelho Gomes in talks with Leeds over loan move — Evening Standard
• Ray Wilkins reveals he is suffering from same condition as Darren Fletcher — The Independent
• Olivier Giroud: I did not commit adultery with Celia Kay — Metro
• I had never heard of Manchester City until five years ago, admits Barcelona’s Dani Alves — Evening Standard
• Michael Laudrup slams Swansea, claiming he had to wait 9 days to find out why he was sacked — The Mirror
• Michael Laudrup hits out over ‘silly’ sacking by Swansea City — The Guardian
• Swansea City full back Ben Davies is a shock target for La Liga title hopefuls Atlético Madrid — Wales Online
• How the US could block the Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger — Ars Technica
• Huge flurry of USA fans start supporting Villa — Aston Villa
• Sources close to WWE deny talk of a Vince McMahon takeover at Newcastle United — Newcastle Chronicle
• The average piracy site makes $4.4M each year on ads — VentureBeat
• Dnipro v Tottenham: Ukraine unrest will not cause Europa League match to be postponed — The Independent
• Roberto Martinez says Antolin Alcaraz finally over his injury problems — The Mirror
• Why are Manchester United offering Wayne Rooney a £70m contract? — The Guardian

MLS

• Chivas USA rebrand coming soon? Trademarks filed on Los Angeles SC and Los Angeles F.C. — SB Nation
• Beckham’s soccer plans conflict with PortMiami’s business plan — Miami Herald
• Bradley and Edu lead way as US soccer welcomes back its own — The Guardian

International soccer

• FIFA “seriously” considering moving the 2022 World Cup away from Qatar — Pro Soccer Talk
• Bradley disagrees with Klinsmann’s assessment of why more Americans aren’t playing in UEFA Champions League — SBI
• Heads up on this United States-Ukraine match; report says security concerns are rising — Pro Soccer Talk
• FIFA says Curitiba will host WC matches, but stadium completion will cut it close — Sports Illustrated
• Roy Hodgson admits concern over fans’ safety in Brazil — The Guardian
• Hoddle joins ITV ahead of World Cup (and he starts with England friendly next month) — The Mail

Scottish soccer

• Call for cash as Hearts moves towards fan ownership — Inside World Football

UEFA

• CSKA Moscow: Russian side punished again for racist abuse — BBC Sport

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