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QPR and Real Madrid agree Ricardo Carvalho loan deal

By Ben SmithBBC Sport

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Ricardo Carvalho & Michael Dawson

Queens Park Rangers and Real Madrid have agreed a deal that could see ex-Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho move to Loftus Road on a season-long loan.

The 34-year-old former Portugal defender has yet to agree personal terms but talks will take place over the next 48 hours.

On Tuesday, QPR and Spurs agreed a fee of £7.5m for defender Michael Dawson.

Manager Mark Hughes has moved to strengthen his defence after a 5-0 home defeat by Swansea on Saturday.

Neither deal has been confirmed but privately QPR hope both players will be signed before Saturday's trip to Norwich.

The transfer of Dawson, 28, is closer to completion, although he has yet to undergo a medical or sign off on the terms of his proposed contract.

The England defender had been told he would be not be a first-choice centre back at Spurs this season. The proposed deal could eventually be worth up to £9m.

Nottingham Forest will be due 10% of the fee from a sell-on clause inserted when they sold Dawson to Spurs in 2005.

Carvalho made his name at QPR's west London rivals Chelsea, forming the bedrock of the defence, alongside John Terry, that won successive Premier League titles under Jose Mourinho in 2005 and 2006.

If a deal goes through he could be reunited with former team-mate Jose Bosingwa at Loftus Road with Chelsea and QPR scheduled to play each other at Loftus Road on 15 September.

Sebastien Bassong, Dawson's former Tottenham team-mate, left Spurs earlier on Tuesday after agreeing a three-year deal with Norwich City.

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  • Comment posted by User0908836786, at 10:44 22 Aug 2012

    Like when Hughes was at City.. getting carried away with the amount of money he has to spend and going straight in for any players who are available. Ending up with a huge squad of equally average players.

  • Comment posted by User0587370713, at 10:42 22 Aug 2012

    Excellent signings, maybe we'll only get beat 4-0 next time :D

  • Comment posted by User0975878212, at 10:49 22 Aug 2012

    to any qpr fans out there, michael dawson is a fantastic plalyer and as a spurs fan i am more gutted about losing him than modric.... he's 100% committed and always sticks his body in the way, sorry to see him leave!

  • Comment posted by User0875489589, at 10:58 22 Aug 2012

    QPR fans rest easy. Awesome Dawson is a legend and a brilliant defender your going to love him. Strong, wins everything in the air and grins from ear to ear as he goes head first to block shots. Daws, best of luck at QPR we miss you already. AVB shame on you.

  • Comment posted by Omnishambles, at 10:36 22 Aug 2012

    Surely this is a disaster waiting to happen for QPR. Signing injury-prone players for over-inflated wages isn't always the best strategy of sustaining a club in the Premier League.

    It appears to be a game of Football Manager to Tony Fernandes!

  • Comment posted by BaggiosPonytail, at 10:38 22 Aug 2012

    I've lost count of the number of players QPR have bought in this transfer window, never mind in the last year.

    They only just stayed up last season and haven't started well this season either so it clearly isn't working.

  • Comment posted by A_FORCE_ONE, at 12:11 22 Aug 2012

    I don't understand why Spurs are letting Dawson go. Even though i am an Arsenal fan, Dawson is one player i admire most. He is always commited , gives 100% all the time and is always honest and brave on the pitch. I wish we had someone like Dawson in our back four who is not scared of taking a shot in the balls for the team.Obviously the new manager thinks otherwise judging from what he sees.

  • Comment posted by Pindos, at 16:34 22 Aug 2012

    I am a Spurs fan and very disappointed that Dawson appears to be leaving us and joining QPR, surely Galas should make way not Dawson, I give AVB til the end of September, I hope I am wrong. COYS.

  • Comment posted by CRT_Paul, at 16:36 22 Aug 2012

    Dawson for £7.5m seems like very good business to me, whenever I've seen him play he's put a good shift in. He's certainly on a par with the likes of Lescott, Skrtle and Colocini - so £7.5m is a very reasonable price given the kind of money you'd have to pay for one of those three!

    QPR have got a class player there, I just wish he'd signed for my beloved Villa instead.

  • Comment posted by User0859869902, at 16:31 22 Aug 2012

    QPR have spent money improving their staff (coaches and scouts) and infrastructure as well as on their players. Generally they have bought cheap players on high earning short contracts to maintain their place and give them time to build the club around it. Hopefully the team will be more successful and things will start to build on from there. Training ground, stadium then world domination.

  • Comment posted by My Point of View, at 10:52 22 Aug 2012

    Being a Chelsea season ticket holder, I know only too well how defensively fragile and tactically inept Boswinga is. And thay's putting it mildly.

    Carvahlo is altogether a different type of player, but the obvious question is: Why is Hughes having anything to do with a 34-year-old, who is well past his best?

  • Comment posted by John G, at 12:09 22 Aug 2012

    Good bloke Dawson - good player with the right spirit and not enough like him about.
    As for Carvalho ... sniping, dirty, slow, vicious, over the hill it - just a few things which are printable.

  • Comment posted by User0194070478, at 17:18 22 Aug 2012

    AVB should have got Abramovich to sell Lampard before he arrived....it would have made life easier for him at the start, as for doing the same at spurs that depends if Dawson had the same influence in the dressing room the Lampard had, AVB maybe knew he didnt and that he was happy enough to move on without causing trouble in the background, and the UEFA cup and CL in 2 seasons is not luck mate

  • Comment posted by User0471559092, at 13:36 22 Aug 2012

    Can someone explain to me what the heck Villas-Boas is up to?
    The season has started, why are we now clearing out players who have served Spurs well over many seasons.

    Bassong, Dos Santos and Jenas maybe but Dawson and Huddulestone are very good international players, so why sell or loan them to our rivals?

    The balance of the squad is terrible, 1 left back and 2 strikers, bring back Harry or Jol

  • Comment posted by ColourfulG, at 12:39 22 Aug 2012

    48:
    I'm sorry, can't hear you from the top of the league!
    Paul Scholes, good though he is, is more of an exception to the rule.
    Carvalho will not be an exception.

  • Comment posted by cienfuegos, at 16:57 22 Aug 2012

    Dawson for 7.5m seems a bargain and I'm surprised to see AVB not having him around. No disrespect to QPR but it does seem a retrograde move and I have reservations about QPR remaining in the top flight.

  • Comment posted by None Of The Above, at 13:27 22 Aug 2012

    82 "Football is becoming a real bore; too much money has ruined it..."

    ...(yawns)...you forgot the pompous bit about the Olympics...

  • Comment posted by User0413387811, at 10:37 22 Aug 2012

    This club has backed Hughes to the hilt in the market and he should have no excuses if/when he gets the sack.

  • Comment posted by gregcampbell , at 19:34 22 Aug 2012

    Unloading Dawson is daft! Do Spurs need to lose another centre back now King and Bassong have gone? Let’s not forget our injury problems in that area last season. If we have one over, Gallas should go, even for little financial return. Dawson has for the most part been first rate for the club over the last few seasons. Not world class but solid and committed - not something you can easily buy.

  • Comment posted by MrBlueBurns, at 12:28 22 Aug 2012

    #57 funkymc1

    Ha, ha, personal insults. Luverly!

    Anyway, Wales were better placed in after his tenure than before. Likewise, in the league at least, Blackburn, Man City, Fulham and QPR. In fact, that will be every managerial position he's had then.