Harry Redknapp hired as QPR manager
Queens Park Rangers has hired Harry Redknapp as manager in a bid to keep the London team in the Premier League.
The Englishman, who was fired by Tottenham in June, has signed a 2 1/2-year contract to replace Mark Hughes.
QPR is bottom of the Premier League with just four points and without a win after 12 matches.
QPR chairman Tony Fernandes says Redknapp "has a proven track record in the Premier League and has all the characteristics we were looking for to get us out of the current situation."
Redknapp added that "there's a lot of ability in the squad, but for one reason or another things haven't gone as well as everyone expected."
Redknapp will be in the stands at Manchester United on Saturday for QPR's match.
Factfile on Harry Redknapp
Factfile on Harry Redknapp after he was appointed as manager of Premier League side Queens Park Rangers on Saturday: -
HARRY REDKNAPP FACTFILE
1947: Born Poplar, March 2.
1965-71: Makes 149 league appearances for West Ham United, scoring five goals.
1972-75: Makes 101 league appearances for Bournmouth.
1982: September - Returns to Bournemouth as coach.
1987: Guides Bournemouth to Division Three title.
1994-2001: Manager of West Ham.
2002: Becomes manager at Portsmouth, leads them to promotion to Premier League in April 2003 and 13th place in their first season back in the top flight.
2004 - Confirmed as Southampton manager.
2005: May 15 - Southampton are relegated.
December 3 - Redknapp walks out on Saints.
December 7 - Portsmouth confirm Redknapp as their new manager.
2007: May 13 - Portsmouth finish seventh in Premier League.
November 28 - Arrested by City of London Police investigating corruption in football.
May 17 - Portsmouth beat Cardiff 1-0 at Wembley to lift the FA Cup.
October 26 - Redknapp reveals he has agreed to become Tottenham manager.
2009: May - Having taken over with Spurs bottom of Premier League with two points from eight games, guides club to eighth-placed finish.
2010: May 5 - Secures top-four Premier League finis.
July 13 - Signs contract extension until 2013.
November 2 - Spurs stun Inter Milan 3-1 in Champions League campaign that ends in the quarter-finals.
2011 - May - Spurs finish fifth in the Premier League.
November 3 - Redknapp has heart procedure misses five matches while he recovers.
2012 - February 8 - Redknapp is acquitted on tax charges one same day Fabio Capello quits England. During weeks of speculation, Tottenham's form dips.
May 1 - England name Roy Hodgson as Capello's successor.
May 13 - Tottenham finish the season fourth after a slump.
May 19 - Chelsea's victory in the Champions League final costs Tottenham a place in the tournament next season.
June 14 - Spurs confirm he is to leave the club.
November 22 - Reports say he is close to taking over as manager of Ukraine.
November 23 - Redknapp confirms that a deal is all but done to take over from the sacked Mark Hughes at QPR.
November 24 - Confirmed as QPR's manager on a two-and-a-half-year deal.