De Wijs set to join QPR
JORDY de Wijs has been given permission to speak to Championship side QPR, Hull City boss Grant Mccann has confirmed, before going on to say it was the right time for the EX-PSV man to leave the KCOM Stadium.
The out of favour Dutchman hasn’t featured for the Tigers since the FA Cup defeat at Stevenage in November.
De Wijs was left out of Saturday’s draw at Sunderland with a calf problem, though Mccann confirmed he expects the 26-year-old defender to make the move to Loftus Road this week.
“He’s been given permission to go and speak to QPR, so that’s going to happen I think on Monday,” Mccann told BBC Humberside. “It’s right for Jordy to move on, with the emergence of Jacob Greaves. That’s where we are at the present time, until I hear any more I’m not sure but he has been given permission.”
De Wijs will arrive with Mark Warburton’s R’s on loan for the remainder of the 2020-21 season, with the London outfit having the option to make that move permanent in the summer with City receiving a fee from Rangers.
“It’s a loan with a view to a permanent move,” confirmed Mccann. “I’m sure there will be, I don’t think Ehab lets anyone walk out of the door for nothing, so I’m sure there will be, yes.”
De Wijs, regarded as one of the best central defenders in the Championship early in his KCOM career, has struggled recently, though Mccann struggled to pinpoint why his form had stuttered. “It’s hard to say, really,” he said. “He started the season OK, really, he’s been picking up little niggly injuries with his calf and he seemed to have that problem for a while.
“It’s probably the best time for Jordy to seek pastures new, and like I say, Greavsey has been excellent, and we’ve got another excellent one who is challenging him every day in Sean Mcloughlin.”