West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie has handed in a transfer request in a bid to push through a January move to Queens Park Rangers, but it has been rejected by the club.
Odemwingie scored 11 goals last season and has found the net five times in 19 games this campaign to help Albion into eighth place in the Premier League. But the club revealed earlier this week that they are not willing to let him go, and have already rejected a £2 million bid, reportedly from Harry Redknapp's Rangers.The Nigerian international is keen to move on, though, and has made his desire to quit the Hawthorns clear on paper. However, it was rejected as well.
Sporting and technical director Richard Garlick added: “Peter is hugely popular with our supporters and it is disappointing that he has decided to hand in a transfer request. It was immediately turned down and has done nothing to change our stance during January.

“Peter is under contract until the summer of 2014 and we have no need or desire to sell our core players. We want to keep the squad intact to enable us to build on an encouraging first six months of the season.
Albion, the striker's first English club, rejected a QPR bid of around £2m a week and a half ago and had hoped that would end the matter. But Loftus Road boss Harry Redknapp has remained hot on the trail despite being busy with other targets and successful with at last kick-starting Rangers bid to climb out of trouble.

Odemwingie was impressive in Albion’s last game - the 2-2 home derby draw with Aston Villa - and scored their equaliser in the final ten minutes.

source:http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1312931/odemwingie-transfer-request-rejected?cc=5901

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WeRUnited
why would he wanna join a sinking ship......suicidal?? totally career destroying
*eddie.g.
And just how much can the R's pay Odemwingie once they hit the Championship? He's in a club that is doing well, and where his supporters love him. He is being a very silly boy indeed.
*Mr Man Utd
ahhh money definitely. dont blame him. cant see any other reason for jumping ship from a stable club to one in a relegation battle filled with disinterested superstars
*Niyi2421
Only 2 million for a player as good as Odemwingie? I`m sure far technically inferior players like Welbeck will cost 15 million. Don`t tell me its because he`s 30. So what?


What do you think about this his planned move? Is it a case of history sadly repeating itself? Just reminds me of the 1990s when we had Super Eagles players plying their trade in great clubs around the world culminating in the Super Eagles earning a 5th place world ranking. In the years that followed, our players took some ill-advised decisions and went into oblivion.Where are we now?