QPR boss Harry Redknapp has confirmed Loic Remy is moving to Chelsea. Redknapp confirmed Remy will join Chelsea to replace AC Milan-bound Fernando Torres, after Charlie Austin fired QPR to a 1-0 Premier League victory over Sunderland.
"Obviously we had a spanner thrown in the works when I got a call at 12 o'clock today to say Loic was leaving," said Redknapp.
"That was a massive shock to me, I didn't expect that at all.
"I never had any idea that he would be leaving, it never entered my mind that he would leave.
"He would have played today, he didn't refuse to play but I took the decision to remove him.
"He worked yesterday with the team and I never had any idea he would be leaving.
"It's not his fault, I'm not criticising him: he's gone to Chelsea, the Champions League, it's very difficult.
"We could all sit here and say he shouldn't do it, but it's a fantastic opportunity for the boy and difficult to turn down.
"He's had the buy-out clause and it's got to be the cheapest buy of the century, but there's nothing that we could do about it."
