{"id":581048,"date":"2021-01-29T11:58:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T16:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=581048"},"modified":"2021-01-29T11:58:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T16:58:32","slug":"ilias-chair-signs-new-long-term-deal-with-queens-park-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/29\/ilias-chair-signs-new-long-term-deal-with-queens-park-rangers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilias Chair Signs New Long-Term Deal With Queens Park Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Queens Park Rangers midfielder Ilias Chair has signed a new four-and-a-half-year deal with the club, which will keep him in West London until 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The new deal puts to bed any rumours of a move away from QPR &#8211; most notably, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/21\/xisco-munoz-at-watford-the-story-so-far\/\" target=\"_self\">Watford<\/a> were <a href=\"https:\/\/footballleagueworld.co.uk\/ilias-chair-and-watford-what-do-we-know-so-far-is-it-likely-to-happen-this-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interested<\/a>\u00a0in doing a deal for the Morocco U23 international.<\/p>\n<p>QPR also have the option to extend the deal by a further year.<\/p>\n<h2>Ilias Chair Signs New QPR Deal<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83e\ude912\ufe0f\u20e30\ufe0f\u20e32\ufe0f\u20e35\ufe0f\u20e3<\/p>\n<p>\ud835\udddc\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude00 \ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddff has signed a new contract with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/QPR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#QPR<\/a> until \ud835\udfee\ud835\udfec\ud835\udfee\ud835\udff1!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 QPR FC (@QPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QPR\/status\/1355153731214401542?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said?<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to the club website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qpr.co.uk\/news\/club-news\/ilias-chair-extends-qpr-stay-until-2025-290121\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chair said<\/a>: &#8220;I&#8217;m very happy &#8211; my family is happy, my friends are happy, everyone is happy for me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s what the fans deserve and what the club deserves from my part.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The club has given me everything from day one. I came in as a young 19-year-old boy and now, I&#8217;m still young, but I&#8217;ve grown so much in those four years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m absolutely delighted for the fans as well that young players like me are committing to the club for a very long time. They play such a big part because they support me every single game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ups and down happen in a season but the fans are always behind me and they give me that confidence to keep going.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>R&#8217;s manager Mark Warburton added: &#8220;Ilias is obviously a talented player &#8211; he&#8217;s stepped up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He had his loan spell at Stevenage previously and went through a developmental phase last season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This year, he is more established. Ilias was handed the number 10 shirt in pre-season and we had some frank discussions about what it meant, and the responsibilities that come with the short at QPR.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, he has embraced that challenge and done very well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Career So Far<\/h3>\n<p>Born in Belgium, Chair started his youth career at Club Brugge and also represented JMG Academy Belgium and Lierse S.K. at youth level.<\/p>\n<p>He made his professional debut at Lierse and played two games for them overall before undergoing a successful trial at QPR.<\/p>\n<p>After a prolific loan spell in League Two with Stevenage, Chair returned to West London and has become a staple in the QPR side this season.<\/p>\n<p>The performances he has been turning in have caught the attention of those higher up in the Championship, and if his rise continues, it won&#8217;t be long before Premier League suitors come calling either.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"sEW7elNWREZATzkcXB8Fog\" 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\/1230218356\" 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:'sEW7elNWREZATzkcXB8Fog',sig:'tMxk3g_SbNG8IphxrD7UYFfemfw7SQToblbZY1cFqnU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1230218356',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 midfielder Ilias Chair has signed a new four-and-a-half-year deal with the club, which will keep him in West London until 2025. The new deal puts to bed any rumours of a move away from QPR &#8211; most notably, Watford were interested\u00a0in doing a deal for the Morocco U23 international. 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