Neil Warnock has slammed the Premier League's decision to prevent QPR making an emergency loan signing after both his senior goalkeepers were injured.
The QPR boss hit out at the league after he was forced to play third-choice keeper Radek Cerny in Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Norwich at Carrow Road.
With back-up stopper Brian Murphy already ruled out with a calf injury, the west Londoners suffered a fresh blow this week when first-team regular Paddy Kenny was ruled out for up to two months with a strained side muscle.
Warnock revealed he approached the Premier League for permission to sign an emergency goalkeeper as a result but had his appeal rejected, forcing the Hoops to recall 20-year-old Elvijs Putnins from a loan spell with non-league Borehamwood.
"Paddy has a bit of a strained muscle on his side," Warnock said. "We don't actually know how serious it is.
"It could be four weeks, it could be six weeks or two months. The other lad Murphy, four to six weeks. Paddy got injured last week and we asked the Premier League if we could sign an emergency keeper.
"They talked about it for two days and then told us that we had to bring back a lad from Borehamwood who has never played in the reserves, who we gave a free transfer to but retained on a non-contract basis.
"If not, then we had to play a 17-year-old that has not played a reserve game yet, which I think is absolutely scandalous not to get any help.
"I think common sense should have prevailed. If you look at what happened last year with Man City and Arsenal when they wanted emergency loans, this is not in the same league.
"We genuinely lost two keepers and have Radek, who has had a permanent problem all season and only played two reserve games, yet the Premier League cannot help us."
Source: AFP
