One pundit has been speaking about Queens Park Rangers’ summer business so far and an ongoing transfer situation.

Carlton palmer has been speaking about some of QPR’s transfer business so far this summer, and he has been particularly critical of one topic. Marti Cifuentes has not wasted any time adding to his squad this summer in a bid to build on the momentum established at the back-end of last season.

As many as eight players have been snapped up already, but players have also left at the end of their respective contracts, and Chris Willock already feels like he may be the one that got away. The winger was a consistent performer during his four years at Loftus Road, but contract talks broke down, leading to him joining rivals Cardiff City on a free transfer.

That’s a deal Palmer has been critical of, telling Football League World: “Not good news coming from QPR, it was believed that talks were going well between Chris Willock and the club, and it was hopeful that he would agree to sign a new contract, but it’s now come out that the 26-year-old has left QPR and will join Cardiff City on a free transfer.

"This is set to be Cardiff City’s first signing of the summer, and it is a coup for them. The 26-year-old was very instrumental last season for QPR in keeping them in the division, and I’m sure that the manager will be very frustrated that they weren’t able to keep him in the building. I’m sure Cifuentes will be annoyed.”

He added: “I know his contract was up and at his age he’ll want a decent contract, but if you look at Cardiff and QPR, you’d have thought that QPR are going to have a better season under Cifuentes than what Cardiff will do, so this is very frustrating for the manager and the player, given the impact that Willock had last season in keeping them up.

"Cardiff have done really well, beating off a number of clubs to draft in the former Arsenal youth player. Aș I say, disappointing and frustrating for QPR, but this is the problem when you have a talented player getting into a situation where he’s out of contract. I understand why he ended up out of contract, as they didn’t know whether they were going to be in the Championship or in League One. If they were in League One, they’d have to let the player go due to his salary demands, so therefore it’s unfortunate for QPR, but they can use his salary to bring in a replacement."

Clarke-Salter situation

Elsewhere, speculation continues to surround QPR star Jake Clarke-Salter, who is being eyed by Premier League club Wolves, with the Hoops reportedly demanding around £10million to sell their star defender.

“Wolves have been told that their interest in QPR’s central defender will cost them £10 million,” Palmer added. “QPR do not want to sell top defender Jake Clarke-Salter, but it’s believed that Wolves are very, very keen on the player.

“But QPR have said they will drive a really hard bargain for Clarke-Salter, but they won’t stand in his way if he gets the opportunity to play in the Premier League. The 26-year-old started his career with Chelsea, but made just one appearance in the English top flight during his year as a senior player at the club. But it’s now believed that he’s one of several names on the list at Wolves in their bid to replace Kilman. So, Wolves will have to stump up £10 million for a player, and in the Premier League now £10 million is like loose change. So Cifuentes has a lot of work to do still now before the coming season starts, should he leave.

“He’s already lost his wide player (Willock), which will be disappointing, so they’ve got a bit of work to do to bring in new recruits into the club. The price tag, I believe Stoke City were very, very keen on him and Steven Schumacher was an admirer of the player, but at £10 million that clearly puts Stoke firmly out of the race.”