Argentine Padula joins QPR

Queens Park Rangers have signed Argentine Gino Padula on a one-year contract.

The 25-year-old former Walsall and Wigan man has been persuaded to come back to England by Rangers boss Ian Holloway.

He is expected to make his QPR debut in a pre-season friendly against Celtic at Loftus Road on 13 July.

Rangers are also close to signing Manchester United goalkeeper Nick Culkin and out-of-contract Millwall midfielder Marc Bircham.