Harry Redknapp has confirmed he has been offered a two-year contract extension at QPR and said he would keep the club in the Premier League this season. Following defeats in their opening two league games, reports began circling earlier in the week that the QPR chairman, Tony Fernandes, was ready to make an early change of manager.

Tim Sherwood had been linked with the Loftus Road job after his former employers Tottenham beat QPR in a clinical 4-0 victory on Sunday but Redknapp, who brought the club back up through the play-offs, revealed he was ready to commit his future to the club.

“Maybe [I’ll sign] today or tomorrow, whenever,” he said. “It’s there, Tony’s offered me an extension for two years and I’ll sign it. I haven’t read it, I probably won’t read it, I’ll just sign it.”

The 67-year-old refuted claims he was set to be replaced and is ready to keep the club up after he admitted in the summer he would have retired had he not gained promotion back into the top flight.

“It’s absolute rubbish, we’ve played two games, he [Fernandes] wants me to sign a two-year extension,” Redknapp said.

“He’s been asking me for a little while but we’ve just not got around to doing it. Maybe today if they put it in front of me, I’ll sign it. If not, next week.

“I wanted to come back into the Premier League, I want to stay here and I will stay here this year – we’ll stay up.”

Having lost at home to Hull and away at League Two side Burton either side of the Spurs thrashing, Redknapp’s side face Sunderland at Loftus Road on Saturday looking for their first win of the season.

QPR have signed the highly rated goalkeeper Alex McCarthy from Reading on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.

“I think he’s got the potential to be a future England goalkeeper one day, so to have him here at QPR is fantastic,” said Redknapp. “We’ve got Rob Green and Brian Murphy, and Alex’s arrival here helps to further strengthen the goalkeeping department.”