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[Steve Russell]

From the Club..
QPR head coach Julien Stéphan has signed a new contract with the club.

'The 45-year-old Frenchman arrived in W12 last summer with a strong reputation
for developing some of the best young talents in European football as well as great
on-pitch success at Rennes and Strasbourg.

He says it was a 'natural' decision to put pen to paper on a new deal as the club targets
a top-half finish this coming season.

"It feels natural to continue - there is a great feeling between myself and the club,
" Stéphan told www.qpr.co.uk.

"I just want to thank the owners and thank Christian for the confidence - I am very happy
to continue this journey with the club.

"I'm convinced that at the end we can give a lot of joy to the fans - it's really important."

Julien added how much his family have enjoyed life in W12 as well.

"My family is very important for me - my wife, my children," he said.

"It's perfect for them here in England, London. The link that we've created all together -
we want to continue and we want to push all together for the club.

"I understood very well last year what it means to be a QPR fan, and it means a lot for all
of us. That's why it's really, really important to give the supporters the best that we can on the
pitch and to make them proud of what they see.

"I have a lot of memories already and I hope we will have more and more this season - I hope
we will do a top season all together.

"We know exactly that the objective of the club in the mid to long term is to reach the play-offs -
and more than access the play-offs, to play in the Premier League.

"For me we must continue to build step-by-step, but it's really important to keep our ambition
all together.

"We know where we want to go at the end of the journey. But we have to continue to build something
very strong together, on and off the pitch, in terms of mindset, in terms of working, and how we want
to develop the players."

QPR CEO Christian Nourry added: "Since arriving in W12, Julien has brought positivity, energy and has
begun to return the club to an era of more vibrant, attacking football.

“From a human perspective, I cannot speak highly enough of the integrity of the person and the coach.

“We are excited to move forward together with the ambitions of achieving success on the pitch, more
development of our playing group and hopefully more euphoric moments shared between our amazing
supporters and a coaching and playing staff who are working with great dedication in this pre-season to
prepare themselves for 2026/27.”