QPR star admits ‘I always want to play in the highest league’

1 Leroy Fer in action for QPR

QPR midfielder Leroy Fer still fancies his chances in the Premier League despite suffering consecutive relegations.

The Netherlands international has just been called up to a Holland training camp at the end of the month, to soften the blow of his second straight relegation after sliding out of the top flight with Norwich City last season.

Fer is one of the few senior players on a long-term contract at Rangers that director of football, Les Ferdinand, might want to keep over the summer, but the 25-year-old admits he longs for top-level football.

“I’m still a QPR player,” Fer said. “I always want to play in the highest league but I will give everything for QPR because I am contracted to them.

“Relegations two seasons in a row is really painful but I just try to become a better player and make myself good for the team.”

If Fer honours his contract at Loftus Road, his head coach will be Chris Ramsey who signed a three-year deal on Tuesday.

And Fer believes the untested boss has earned a crack at the job after improving the side he took over in February.

“The last few weeks have been unlucky for Chris,” Fer said. “He has made us play way better.

“You could see that in other games at home, and even at Liverpool, we just lost in the last ten minutes. He made us play better.”