The Club can confirm that former R's defender Warren Neill is currently assisting Manager John Gregory.

However, contrary to reports in today's national press, Neill is only working on a part-time basis and has not replaced assistant manager Richard Hill.

Hill is currently suspended by the Club, pending an on-going internal enquiry into his involvement in the behind-closed-doors friendly against the Chinese Olympic team on February 9th.

Gregory told www.qpr.co.uk: "Warren is doing an old friend a favour for the time being.

"He's a very experienced guy and is QPR through and through. He spent three years here as our Assistant Academy Director and is certainly no stranger to coaching on the training ground. The situation regarding Richard Hill hasn't changed.''

Neill, 44, is a former Rangers team-mate of Gregory and a lifelong fan of the club. He was an apprentice at Loftus Road before making 224 appearances for the Rs between 1980 and 1988.

He played in the 1982 FA Cup final replay against Tottenham and the Milk Cup Final against Oxford four years later.

Neill moved to Portsmouth and had a brief spell at Watford, before returning to QPR as a coach after his playing career ended.

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