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QPR boss Ramsey determined to keep Charlie Austin

QPR head coach Chris Ramsey accepts Charlie Austin will want to stay in the Premier League, even though he says the relegated Londoners will make "every effort" to keep him.

Austin and Ramsey after victory against Newcastle this month. Credit: PA

Austin scored his 18th Premier League goal of the season as the curtain came down on Rangers' miserable top-flight stay with a 5-1 thrashing at Leicester on Sunday.

It came just days after 25-year-old Austin was called into the England squad for the friendly away to the Republic of Ireland and the Euro 2016 qualifier in Slovenia next month - and Ramsey fears a parting of the ways as he prepares for a significant summer rebuild at Loftus Road.

Ramsey said:

I would imagine anybody who has scored those goals and is going to the England camp would not be looking elsewhere other than to be playing in the Premier League.

He'll want to play higher (than the Championship) but we'll make every effort to keep him because he's somebody that we need.

It's very difficult to buy strikers of that pedigree to come straight into your team and starting scoring immediately. That's what we're going to need because we must hit the ground running.

– QPR manager Chris Ramsey