1 Queens Park Rangers' on loan left-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto

QPR are concerned they will lose on-loan Tottenham left-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto now Andre Villas-Boas has been sacked.

The decision to let the Cameroon international leave on a season-long loan looked an embarrassing one on Sunday evening when Liverpool ran rings around two Spurs left-backs during the 5-0 thrashing – while Assou-Ekotto has helped QPR to the top of the Championship.

Kyle Naughton was teased relentlessly for the opening 45 minutes and his replacement at the interval, Ezekiel Fryers, endured a similarly torrid time.

Assou-Ekotto was at White Hart Lane to watch Villas-Boas’ last match alongside friend and fellow Spurs outcast Emmanuel Adebayor and now there are worries at Loftus Road that the defender could be called back in January.

Spurs are currently without injured defenders Vlad Chiriches, Younes Kaboul and Jan Vertonghen and Assou-Ekotto could be called back to provide cover.