QPR in talks with Zlatan Ibrahimovic as Hoops cool on Neil Warnock after sacking Gareth Ainsworth as manager
QPR will make Marti Cifuentes their new boss — if they can do a deal with Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Spaniard Cifuentes is manager of Hammarby — part owned by Sweden legend Ibrahimovic — and it is understood the two clubs are locked in negotiations over a settlement package.
Hammarby are 7th in the Swedish top flight and Cifuentes joined from Danish club Aalborg last year.
Ibrahimovic owns a quarter stake in the club after doing a deal alongside entertainment company AEG to buy into the Stockholm-based club.
Cifuentes, 41, was close to getting the QPR job when Michael Beale, who later left for Glasgow Rangers, took over in June last year.
Neil Warnock, 74, is also on the shortlist and is keen on a third stint at Loftus Road. Former Southampton boss Nathan Jones is keen on the position.
Veteran boss Warnock left Huddersfield earlier this season despite guiding them to safety in the Previous campaign.
QPR sacked Gareth Ainsworth after nine Championship games without a win left them six points from safety in 23rd place.
The 50-year-old was appointed in February following 11 years at Wycombe but he won only five of 28 games in charge.
QPR’s loss to Leicester on Saturday was their 6th in a row.
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It leaves the West London club in the bottom three, six points off safety.