QPR have agreed a deal with Inter Milan to take striker Dani Osvaldo on loan for the rest of the season - but are struggling to convince the Italy international to move to Loftus Road.

Osvaldo is currently on a season-long loan at the San Siro from Southampton, but the Serie A club want to end their agreement early.

Inter director Piero Ausilio travelled to the UK to first hold talks with Southampton, who have given permission to cut short their agreement on the proviso the Italian side find another team for the 29-year-old.

Ausilio has held talks with Rangers, who want to sign a second striker this month after adding West Ham's Mauro Zarate to the ranks, and struck a deal.

But Osvaldo is not keen on a return to the Premier League, where he struggled after signing from Roma for Southampton in a £12.8m deal in 2013.

He was sent on loan to Juventus just five months later having clashed with Southampton team-mate Jose Fonte in training.

Instead of moving to west London, it is believed Osvaldo is holding out for a move to Inter's rivals AC Milan.