Queens Park Rangers Football Club are delighted to announce the loan signing of highly-rated Chelsea midfielder Scott Sinclair.

The 18 year-old has put pen to paper on a loan deal up to, and including, Saturday 15th December and is eligible to play in tonight's Championship showdown against Coventry City at Loftus Road.

Sinclair, who joins fellow Blues team-mates Michael Mancienne and Ben Sahar in W12, has already made two first team appearances for the Stamford Bridge outfit this season and is widely tipped to achieve senior international honours in the future.

Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, Sinclair said: "I'm very excited to be joining QPR.

"I spoke at length to the other Chelsea boys here and they told me it's a very exciting time to be at QPR.

"I'm looking forward to pulling on the R's shirt for the first time and giving my all for this Football Club."

Rangers beat off stiff competition from eight other Championship Clubs to clinch the signature of Sinclair, to the delight of Chairman Gianni Paladini.

"It's a tremendous signing for the Club," he told www.qpr.co.uk.

"Scott is a superb young player and we're delighted Chelsea have agreed to let him join us."

Paladini continued: "With the backing of Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone we've been able to push on and this reiterates their desire to bring the best, young players in this country to the Club.

"The fact Scott has chosen us over an array of other Clubs in this division says so much about what we are trying to do here."

R's First Team Coach Luigi De Canio added: "I am very happy we've got Sinclair.

"He comes at just the right time for us because (Hogan) Ephraim returns to West Ham United on Wednesday.

"I've seen him play a lot and everyone raves about him and rightly so.

"He should be honoured to be joining this great squad of players we have here at QPR."

Sinclair will wear squad number 34.