Marti Cifuentes issues QPR transfer verdict as Leeds United 'in talks' over post-window deal

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All the latest news and transfer rumours surrounding the Championship clubs.

The Championship season has reached its first check point with the first international break now taking hold. The good news is that both Millwall and QPR now have their first league wins of the campaign. QPR completed a comeback win over Luton Town on Friday night, defeating the Hatters twice in one week, also winning in the Carabao Cup.

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One day later, the Lions thrashed Sheffield Wednesday at home to establish some much-needed confidence, boosted by a flurry of late transfers ahead of the Friday transfer deadline. Here we round up all the latest news surrounding the Championship.

Cifuentes on transfer business

With the window now closes, Marti Cifuentes has issued his verdict on QPR’s summer transfer business. He said in his post-match press conference: “Almost (happy). I’m very stubborn.

“I think we have got to a good point. I value that we have made a big shift. It is not easy with a big transition in where we are as a club, with a manager that came in the middle of last season, a CEO that came in the middle of last season. With lots of changes in the staff and the squad. Those things will take time. I’m convinced that we have signed some good players and now it is about being patient and being calm. My job is to make sure that the pieces start to work together as soon as possible.”

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Harris on Millwall injury blow

Millwall’s club-record signing from deadline day Mihailo Ivanovic has been ruled out for up to 10 weeks after picking up an injury. Neil Harris has said: “Mihailo is a young player. He has been called into the Serbian squad. I think everyone needs to know he is not going to be available for eight weeks due to injury.

“Obviously, that’s tough for us – we have to deal with it. So the importance of Josh [Coburn] and Macaulay Langstaff – because Tom Bradshaw is going to be out for 10 weeks – is important to us. Mihailo is a young player that fits into the mould of what the club want to do – sign young players to develop and sell. I’m delighted to have Josh. Mihailo, we look forward to working with the longer-term, but he is a longer-term project.”

Leeds still working on business

Leeds United could yet make another signing after the transfer deadline with Nigerian star Leonard Ngenge reportedly in talks over a deal. According to Alan Nixon, Leeds are hoping to strike an agreement with Ikorodu City for the youngster, who has also reportedly attracting attention from other clubs.

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Ngenge is already said to have had a trial with Leeds in the not too distant past, but it’s important to note that any agreement would be a future transfer. That’s because FIFA rules state players cannot make the move abroad until they are 18, and Ngenge is still only 16 years of age,

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