Wing-wizard Hogan Ephraim joined QPR on a three-and-a-half year contract from West Ham United in January 2008, following a successful loan stint at Loftus Road.

The diminutive wide-man has enjoyed a fruitful spell in W12 to date, and was a key component in Neil Warnock and his side's tilt for the npower Championship title last term, making 28 league appearances and scoring three goals - his most important coming in our 1-0 victory at Doncaster Rovers, where his curling 18-yard effort on 47 minutes proved to be the difference.

The pacy 23 year-old, who can play across the entirety of the attacking third, joined West Ham United as a trainee in July 2004.

He made a solitary substitute's appearance for the Hammers during the 2005/06 season, before being named as an unused replacement in West Ham's defeat to Italian side Palermo in the UEFA Cup, first round, second leg tie in September 2006.

A regular at various junior levels for England, Ephraim was sent out on loan to Colchester United during the 2006/07 season to gain some much-needed First Team experience.