QPR boss Harry Redknapp is buzzing after their deal for Anzhi defender Christopher Samba.

Samba has penned a four-and-a-half year deal with the Rs.

Redknapp beamed: "This is an unbelievable signing. Tony Fernandes deserves a lot of credit for this one - he has worked so hard on bringing him in. I was speaking with him a month ago and he asked me who I would want to sign if Ryan Nelsen left, he asked me to give him a couple of names.

"I said to him, 'Well, these aren't possible to get but if you're asking me who I'd have, I'll give you a couple of players.' One of them was Chris Samba.

"The next thing I know he's telling me that he's working on bringing him in! It's amazing. Chris is just what we need. He's a monster. Great in the air, quick, a leader, strong, fantastic in both boxes, hard as nails. He's a proper centre-half."