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Harry Redknapp has made a £6.5m bid for one-time Arsenal and Spurs target Yann M'vila.

The offer for the Rennes midfielder has been rejected by his club who want more but QPR are expected to go back in.

M'vila is a powerful French international midfielder who has seen his standing in his homeland fall because of his behaviour off the field.

The 22-year-old, who has also had his problems with injuries, was banned last year by the French Football Federation until 2014 after going to a nightclub before an Under-21 game.

The controversies surrounding him have seen his price tag plummet and tempered the interest in him from Arsenal and Spurs.

But Redknapp has seen an opportunity to land a huge coup and Rangers are believed to be ready to make the player an offer to "address his concerns about relegation".

That is similar to the release clause that QPR supremo Tony Fernandes was willing to offer Demba Ba before the striker snubbed the Hoops for a move to Chelsea.

Rennes owner Federic Antonetti said yesterday: "I want to keep [M'vila], but if Rennes were to receive a suitable bid then he would leave.

"He is better and more mature, and will go. It is part of the club's policy that he will leave if he has to, only, who will replace him?"