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QPR boss Redknapp ready to go with 3-5-2 system

QPR boss Harry Redknapp is ready to go with a 3-5-2 system this new season.

Redknapp delayed QPR's move to three at the back last term, but now feels confident he has the personnel to pull off the notoriously tricky set-up.

The QPR manager believes Armand Traore and Jordon Mutch can operate as natural left wing-backs, with Danny Simpson and Mauricio Isla slotting in on the right.

"Traore should be perfect, that's what he is, a wing-back, he's not a left-back really," said Redknapp, ahead of Saturday's league opener against Hull at Loftus Road.

"He's half a left-back and half a left winger really.

"So really he's a wing-back, that's what he does, so it's perfect for him.

"And Jordon should be the same on the left side, he's an attacking player who can run all day.

"So I've got two people on the left side, and I've got Danny Simpson and Isla on the right.

"Isla can play three or four positions, because he can play anywhere in midfield.

"So he's a good acquisition."

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