{"id":568482,"date":"2020-10-05T16:01:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T20:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=568482"},"modified":"2020-12-28T11:24:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T16:24:23","slug":"queens-park-rangers-chris-willock-benfica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/05\/queens-park-rangers-chris-willock-benfica\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens Park Rangers Confirm Signing of Benfica&#8217;s Chris Willock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Queens Park Rangers have completed another summer signing by bringing Chris Willock to the club from Benfica.<\/p>\n<h2>QPR Sign Chris Willock<\/h2>\n<h3>Willock Has impressed for Benfica&#8217;s B side<\/h3>\n<p>The 22-year old plied his trade in Portugal with the Benfica B\/Reserve side, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/chris-willock\/leistungsdatendetails\/spieler\/314341\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">where he impressed<\/a> by bagging 14 goals in 64 games (and with nine assists).<\/p>\n<h3>Experienced in English football<\/h3>\n<p>Willock has played in England before for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/west-brom\/\" target=\"_self\">West Bromwich Albion<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/huddersfield-town\/\" target=\"_self\">Huddersfield Town<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/arsenal\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal<\/a>, coming through the youth ranks at the latter.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the youngster played twice for the Gunners in the EFL Cup before making the switch to Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>Having played there for two years, he then came back to England to play for West Brom on a short-term basis. However, he never made an appearance for the club&#8217;s first-team, instead featuring 11 times for the club&#8217;s U23 side and notching up 11 goal contributions &#8211; an average of one per game.<\/p>\n<h3>Loan Spell With Huddersfield<\/h3>\n<p>It impressed Huddersfield, who then also signed him on loan and gave him the chance to shine in their starting 11. Playing 14 times for the Terriers in the 2019\/20 season, he popped up with two goals before heading back to Benfica.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he has come back again for a third time with QPR, who have been looking to bolster their forward line even more.<\/p>\n<h3>QPR One of a Number of Teams Interested in Chris Willock<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westlondonsport.com\/qpr\/qpr-set-to-sign-former-arsenal-man-as-club-close-in-on-at-least-two-deals\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West London Sport claim<\/a> that QPR haven&#8217;t been the only team keen to bring Willock back to England, with former loan side Huddersfield also eager to bring him back to the club.<\/p>\n<p>However, he has instead decided to join the Hoops over his former side.<\/p>\n<p>He becomes QPR&#8217;s third attacking signing of the summer after they brought in both Lyndon Dykes from Scottish side Livingston and Macauley Bonne from Charlton Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"USUZjGE0QeRRQwqJyWGyzg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1208652357\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'USUZjGE0QeRRQwqJyWGyzg',sig:'CbyCbUE6JZXPlk7HrUBP2oPI9s5I9wmds3v7ue8kJTc=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1208652357',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queens Park Rangers have completed another summer signing by bringing Chris Willock to the club from Benfica. QPR Sign Chris Willock Willock Has impressed for Benfica&#8217;s B side The 22-year old plied his trade in Portugal with the Benfica B\/Reserve side, where he impressed by bagging 14 goals in 64 games (and with nine assists). 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