QPR secure Routledge and Chimbonda

 LONDON: Promotion-chasing Queens Park Rangers said on Friday they have taken Newcastle winger Wayne Rout­ledge on loan until the end of the sea­son and also signed up former Black­burn defender Pascal Chimbonda.

Routledge, 26, left QPR for New­castle a year ago and helped the Tyneside club to the Second Division trophy, but he has recently been on the fringes of the first team.

“I think Wayne just needs an arm around him,” said QPR boss Neil War­nock. “He is a super lad and a super player.”

Frenchman Chimbonda, 31, was looking for a new club after Blackburn released him this week and QPR have signed him through to June.

Chimbonda told QPR’s website: “This is a good opportunity for me to be re-born as a footballer. Neil Warnock has given me a chance here and hopefully I can help QPR win promotion to the Premier League.