Gareth Ainsworth: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink a "very good" choice for QPR

Gareth Ainsworth has claimed that Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink would be a big success at Queens Park Rangers should he be appointed.

The Dutchman has been linked with the vacant position at Loftus Road, but current club Burton Albion - whom he guided to League One last term - insist that no official approach has yet been made.

Former QPR player Ainsworth believes that his managerial counterpart, touted with a number of Championship jobs in the past, would be a "very good" choice for the R's if they were willing to take a punt.

Get West London quotes him as saying: "I believe Jimmy is a great person and a great man. He has earned the right and the respect to manage a big club, and QPR are a big club who are still close to my heart - I still look out for their results.

"I know Jimmy personally and I stood in the next dugout to him on a couple of occasions last season. He did a great job at Burton last season, getting them playing some attractive football, and he would be a very good manager for QPR if he gets the job."

Neil Warnock has been placed in charge of QPR on an interim basis until a new man is brought in.