Redknapp makes Odemwingie bid
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 1:30 PM | by Matt Carter 
With Harry Redknapp now completing a full u-turn on his initial claims of not wanting to make to many changes to his QPR squad, he is now ready to go all out to save Rangers in this transfer window.
One of the players he is believed to be looking at is West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie, with Sky Sports News indicating that a firm offer has now been made.
To be fair to Redknapp when he made the comments of not wanting to make the same mistakes of the old management and revamping the squad yet again he was probably not fully aware that there was still a huge lack of quality in this squad despite the countless signings.
This was largely due to Mark Hughes running the club like a game of football manager; signing up anyone with any kind of reputation or past history that became available. The result being that the R's were left with a team of players who either were passed their sell by date or who were so comfortable playing bit part roles for successful clubs that battling week in week out for QPR has proved beyond them.
In terms of forwards, Redknapp was hardly left a strong stock with the likes of Bobby Zamora, Andy Johnson, Djibril Cisse being beset by either injuries or inconsistency. This has meant Jamie Mackie has been left to lead the line, so its clear to see why Odemwingie is being lined up. The Nigerian has struggled for consistent starts at West Brom this term and at 31 its likely that he will be looking to secure first team football, whilst his age should also mean that Albion will not be able to resist a decent offer should it come in.
Odemwingie has proven Premiership quality having scored 25 goals in the previous two seasons combined and with regular first team football and a managers confidence in him he has the potential to score the goals that could keep QPR up. Without question it is going to be a busy few weeks for Redknapp and his new club as he looks to make the moves that will correct the past regimes errors and keep the R's up, with a move for Odemwingie looking to be the first of many transfer dealings.
