QPR Transfer News: William Gallas Set For Loftus Road

Goal.com, Queens Park Rangers are preparing to sign veteran Tottenham Hotspur defender William Gallas on a free transfer. QPR boss Mark Hughes has already acquired 34-year-old Ryan Nelson on a free transfer from Spurs and the club are now trying to complete the deal of his former teammate Gallas, also 34. New Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas will allow Gallas, who is on a £60,000-a-week contract, to leave White Hart Lane on a free after Tottenham completed the deal of Belgian giant Jan Vertonghen and also have Sebastian Bassong and Steven Caulker returning from their loan spells away. Speculation is Caulker will receive more game time next season and he has jumped ahead of the high-earning Gallas and the new Tottenham boss would prefer not to have such an expensive salary drainer on the bench. The former Chelsea and Arsenal player made 18 appearances last season but his game time could double next season if he joins QPR, depending on injuries. He is vastly experienced having won the Premier League twice for Chelsea, making almost 200 appearances in the Premier League and having being capped 84 times by France. Mark Hughes has already completed the deals of Ryan Nelson, Robert Green, Andrew Johnson, Junior Hoilett, Park Ji-Sung and Samba Diakite along with Fabio Da Silva who is on a season long loan from Manchester United as he hopes to make next season's Premier League survival a lot easier than their final day salvation last season.