Mark Warburton makes admission on his QPR future amid recent speculation

QPR manager Mark Warburton has conceded that his future with the club beyond the end of this season is uncertain.

Despite an excellent start to the season putting QPR firmly in the promotion mix, Warburton’s side have endured a poor run of form recently.

Saturday saw The Rs beaten 2-0 by league leaders Fulham, a result that means they now won just two of their last 11 league games.

That run has seen the club drop to ninth in the Championship table, three points adrift of the play-off places.

In the wake of that defeat to Fulham, it was reported that QPR were set to sack Warburton, in the hope that a change in manager would kick-start a run of form to carry the club into the play-off places.

But while Warburton seems confident he will remain in his role until the end of this season, he does admit that his future beyond then is less clear, with his QPR contract expiring this summer.

Giving his reaction to those reports surrounding his future, the QPR boss told West London Sport: “We’re in a results industry and speculation will come out. You can’t control that, unfortunately.

“The simple fact is that I’ve got a contract here until the end of the season. My job is to get the best out of the team.

“I don’t want to come across as a cliche-laden football manager, but everything is committed towards getting the best out of this team over the next seven, hopefully 10 games, to take us to where we want to get to.

“That’s the focus. Then we’ll see what happens in the summer. The truth is that I’ve got a contract here to the end of the season and I’m hoping very much I’ve got 10 games left as QPR manager to get us to where we want to get to.

“If we have a really good season and achieve what we want to achieve then hopefully there’s