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Rumarn Burrell has appeared in all of QPR's Championship games so far this season since his move from Burton Albion

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Rumarn Burrell signed for Queens Park Rangers this summer from League One Burton Albion and has heavily impressed since his move to West London, with fears from R's supporters that he may draw interest from clubs elsewhere sooner rather than later.

QPR's turbulent season can be best summed up by their most recent results.

A goalless draw away to a resurgent Sheffield United was followed up with back-to-back wins at home to Hull City and away to Blackburn Rovers, with their most recent result, a 3-1 defeat away to Norwich City, who had picked up just one point at Carrow Road in eight attempts prior to their match, summing up what has been a season of mixed emotions thus far.

The R's sit in 13th, just four points off the play-off places, in what is looking like one of the most competitive Championship seasons in recent history, with over three quarters of the league in with a shout of a top six finish.

Following the departure of Marti Cifuentes to Leicester City, QPR appointed former Rennes and Strasbourg boss Julien Stephan as the club's new boss, and backed him with the summer arrivals of the likes of Richard Kone, Koki Saito, and Kwame Poku.

In the midst of their high-profile summer arrivals was Rumarn Burrell, who signed for a reported £1 million from Burton Albion, and has hit seven goals and grabbed one assist in 18 Championship appearances so far this season.

Burrell's impressive form has kept both Richard Kone and Michael Frey out of the side, and if he continues at the rate he is going, interest from clubs higher up in the division and potentially the Premier League may not be too far away.

Football League World QPR fan pundit, Louis, has provided his opinions on whether he can see Burrell begin to attract interest from clubs elsewhere sooner rather than later.

Louis isn't worried about losing Burrell just yet, and he predicts the Hoops will make a significant profit when the time comes to cash in on the red-hot striker.

Louis said, "I'm not worried in the slightest that we're going to lose Burrell already, if you're talking January or even next summer.

"Obviously, if he carries on the way he is for the majority of this season, then he's going to end up with a lot of goals, and there may potentially be interest in the summer, but, you know, he's on a so-called, apparently, five-year deal.

"You know, he was a cheap signing, and he's probably valued much higher than what we paid for him already.

"No, I can't see him leaving at all. I think it's too early to be putting any sort of interest, any sort of pressure in a way, because if you talk about interest with Burrell, you know, his goalscoring form may come to a halt.

"He may go off form, and you just want him to do the best he can and sort of carry on in what is probably quite surprising for him.

"Keeping Richard Koné out of the side is something that you probably wouldn't have thought would've happened when we signed him and Burrell in the summer.

"But yeah, Burrell is just surprising us all at the moment, and the step-up he's made it look like he's played in the Championship loads of times before.

"I'm not worried that we're about to lose him as early as January or next summer. I'd be shocked if that happened. I really would, because, realistically, who's going to come and buy him already?

"Maybe a club will show interest who is sort of looking for a goalscorer, who is sort of, say, we aren't challenging for the playoffs, and someone else is.

"But no, I'd be shocked if he leaves this early on in his QPR career. I cannot see it at all.

"I'm just enjoying him at the moment because his goal record for us is something that is probably surprising a lot of people. It's certainly surprising me.

"But just the step-up he's made, he honestly has been really good, and he's clearly been our best summer signing, so yeah, hopefully he continues this and who knows how many goals he'll end up with at the end of this season.

"It could be a surprise to quite a few other fans of other clubs as well when they see his name up near the top end of the top goalscorers in the league.

QPR may be in a strong position with Rumarn Burrell ahead of potential transfer interest

Burrell's career up to this point hasn't exactly been a straightforward one.

Having spent time in the youth academies of Coventry City and Scunthorpe United, Burrell made his senior debut with Grimsby Town in April 2019 and would subsequently move to Middlesbrough at the end of the season.

He would make just one senior appearance for Boro, just one minute in an FA Cup tie away to Brentford, and spent time out on loan with Bradford City and Falkirk, before joining the latter permanently in 2022.

A move to Cove Rangers in 2023 followed, where Burrell lit up Scottish League One with 21 goals and seven assists in 34 games, earning a move to Burton at the end of the season.

With 11 goals and two assists in 30 games for the Brewers in the third tier, Burrell was sought after by both Plymouth Argyle and QPR this summer, and would choose to join the latter.

He has featured in all of QPR's Championship games so far under head coach Stephan, keeping the highly talented Kone out of the side.

On a deal which runs until the summer of 2030, the R's are in the driving seat when it comes to his future, and whatever interest there may be, they are in a strong position to keep a hold of him for the foreseeable.