Queens Park Rangers boss Ian Holloway believes having Ariel Borysiuk back at Loftus Road will be "like a new signing".

The Poland international was loaned out to Polish outfit Lechia Gdańsk in January just six months after moving to QPR.

The 25-year-old made 14 appearances, scoring one goal, in the Ekstraklasa before returning to Loftus Road earlier this summer for pre-season.

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And Holloway insists the tough-tackling midfielder does have a future at the Championship club, adding that team-mate and countryman Pawel Wszołek has been helping break down the language barrier.

“I’m delighted to have Ariel Borysiuk back,” Holloway told www.qpr.co.uk .

“I like his calmness and the way he passes the ball and the way he moves. It was the fact he spoke hardly any English. Pawel [Wszołek] came through that though and he’s helping Ariel now.

“He deserves the right for me to keep him and add him to my squad. For me that is like a new signing.”