Chris Barker joins Q.P.R.

Last updated : 05 June 2007 By Michael Morris
Barker's impending departure from NP is no shock but it was expected he'd join Colchester Utd after being on loan there last season.

The move to Q.P.R. is a permanent one and we wish Chris all the best.

I had no future with Cardiff and I wanted to sort things out before my flight this morning, now I can relax," he told the Echo.

"I'm happy things are sorted. I enjoyed my time at Cardiff but the writing was on the wall that I didn't figure in the manager's plans.

"I had several options but the move to QPR excited me and I hope to help them challenge for promotion next season."

Peter Ridsdale has dismessed yesterday's claims that we were interested in Jon Parkin.

"We are in a silly season where agents are touting players about and Cardiff City will be mentioned as we were yesterday in relation to four or five players," said Ridsdale.

"We are talking to three or four agents about the goalkeeping situation, but other than that we have spoken to nobody."

Hopefully the last line is just to throw people off the scent. It would be quite disappointing to think we ae not speaking to anyone about new players.