Loïc Rémy is “too decent a guy” to leave QPR in a move close to the transfer deadline, according to the manager Harry Redknapp, who remains confident of holding on to the France striker despite continued interest from rival Premier League clubs.

The QPR manager admitted he fears a last-minute swoop from a Champions League club but hopes the 27-year-old’s future is resolved long before the 1 September transfer deadline.

Rémy is back at QPR after a move to Liverpool broke down, with Redknapp confirming the former Marseille striker will be ready to face Hull in Saturday’s opener. “You hope that doesn’t happen,” said Redknapp of the chance a rival could poach his forward due to his £8.5m buyout clause. “But at the end of the day if he’s got a buyout clause there’s very little you can do about it, I would imagine. That would be the worst scenario.

“I don’t think he would want to do that either to us. He’s a good lad, he’s got a good relationship with the chairman. With a week to go before the window closes we all need to know where we’re going. I don’t think he would suddenly walk away the day before. I think he’s too decent a guy to do that.”

Redknapp believes Rémy would only leave QPR for Champions League football. “I sat down with him when he came back but I didn’t have to persuade him, we sat down and he just said: ‘Look, I’m back, I want to play, I’m here,’ ” said Redknapp. “So unless something comes up Champions League or something massive for him, he would like to stay here and play.

“And he’s shown that attitude every day on the training ground. I couldn’t have asked for more from him. He’s been great, he’s worked hard, he’s done his running, he’s got himself fit, he’s a proper professional and that’s all you can ask.

“There have been several clubs that have rung up about him, in the Premier League, but I don’t think that they would be clubs that he would particularly want to leave QPR for. “We hope Loïc will stay, he’s a fantastic player and his attitude since he’s been back has just been absolutely first-class.

“I’m not trying to sell him because we don’t want to sell him. For me really, he should be a £20m striker, in comparison to others that are getting sold for £12m. To have lost him for the amount that we were going to, he would have been too cheap.

“When I looked at what he was going to go for to Liverpool, it was a fantastic buy at that money. So their loss is our gain, I think.”