Adel Taarabt’s Queens Park Rangers future is looking bleak after his manager Harry Redknapp accused him on Sunday of being overweight and having a poor attitude.
Redknapp launched the scathing attack on the Morocco international after his side, having dominated the match and fluffed a series of chances, conceded twice in stoppage time to lose 3-2 to Liverpool in a gut-wrenching Premier League defeat. After bemoaning his team’s terrible fortune, Redknapp let fly at Taarabt, who was not in the squad against Liverpool.
“He (Taarabt) is not injured. He’s not fit,” Redknapp told reporters.
“He’s not fit to play football unfortunately. He played in a reserve game the other day and I could have run about more than he did. I can’t pick him. I pick people who want to try, who deserve to be at a good football club like QPR, who come in every day and want to work, train and show a good attitude. When he starts doing that, if he ever can do it, maybe he’ll get a game.
“We’ve got two or three of them but 99 percent of the other lads...I’ve got a fantastic group of lads here, absolutely superb. I’ve just been asked a question about Taarabt.
“I can’t keep protecting people who don’t want to run about and train and are about three stone overweight. What am I supposed to keep saying? Keep getting your 60, 70 grand a week and don’t train? What’s the game coming to?”
