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QPR manager Harry Redknapp bears no grudge against Adel Taarabt following their public spat this week and insists he merely wants the Morocco playmaker to return to shape and form.
Redknapp and Taarabt had a public argument after the Rangers boss accused the midfielder, who spent last season on loan at Fulham and AC Milan, of being overweight.
"I don't hold grudges," Redknapp said.
"He got pushed into writing a load of stuff that wasn't true. I don't think he's been fined and I wouldn't want to fine him.
"I've always been a manager where people go, 'You do love a problem player'. Yes, I have.
"The big difference is the ones I've had before keep producing on the pitch.
"Unfortunately at the moment Adel needs to produce. He's got great talent.
"He could be an incredible, incredible footballer for this football club."
Redknapp lost patience with Taarabt after last Sunday's last-gasp loss to Liverpool, which kept Rangers bottom of the Barclays Premier League ahead of Monday's clash with Aston Villa at Loftus Road.
The QPR boss added: "It was something that happened before the game and during the week. Maybe I just got the needle. When I get the hump I do tend to say what I feel.
"He has tested me. He's tested everybody. (But) I'm the one that's stuck with him.
"I'm bang on his side. No-one could be more on his side than what I've been. When you're on someone's side so much and you get let down, at some stage you tend to crack over it.
"Like with your kid misbehaving, you say 'don't do that', 'don't do that'. In the end you get the hump with them enough and you send them to bed, or whatever. That's how I felt last Sunday."
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 0 Manchester United 2 Marouane Fellaini scores to put United ahead
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Burnley 2 QPR 1 Charlie Austin was fouled and then got up to score the penalty - his 13th goal of the season
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Burnley 2 QPR 1 Danny Ings slots home the crucial winner
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 1 Swansea 1 Wilfried Bony applauds the Swansea fans as he leaves the pitch
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 0 Crystal Palace 0 Palace's caretaker manager Keith Millen reacts on the touchline
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 3 West Brom 2 Charlie Austin celebrates scoring his second for QPR
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 3 West Brom 2 Charlie Austin bundles home his second goal
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 3 West Brom 2 Joleon Lescott celebrates scoring a rare goal for West Brom
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 3 West Brom 2 Joleon Lescott heads West Brom in front against QPR
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Everton 3 QPR 1 Ross Barkley celebrates after opening the scoring for Everton against QPR
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 2 Burnley 0 Leroy Fer celebrates scoring the opening goal
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 2 Burnley 0 Charlie Austin is sent off shortly after scoring. Thankfully for the striker his team was able to hold on
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Swansea 2 QPR 0 Wayne Routledge evades the pressure from Yun Suk-Young
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Swansea 2 QPR 0 Routledge (unseen) fires Swansea's second goal past Rob Green
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 3 Leicester City 2 Esteban Cambiasso celebrates scoring the opener
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 3 Leicester City 2 Esteban Cambiasso shields the ball from Eduardo Vargas
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 3 Leicester City 2 Kasper Schmeichel celebrates a Leicester goal
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Chelsea 2 QPR 1 Oscar curled the ball with the outside of his foot into the far corner
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 2 Aston Villa 0 QPR celebrate the opening goal against Aston Villa
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 2 Aston Villa 0 Zamora and Lowton in action
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 2 Aston Villa 0 Rob Green makes a useful intervention
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 2 Aston Villa 0 Yoon Suk Young makes a tackle
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 2 Aston Villa 0 Charlie Austin celebrates his second goal of the game
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 2 Liverpool 3 Richard Dunne puts into his own net to open the scoring.
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures West Ham 2 QPR 0 Nedum Onuoha puts the ball in his own net
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Southampton 2 QPR 1 Graziano Pelle celebrates scoring for Southampton
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Southampton 2 QPR 1 Graziano Pelle reacts after missing a simple chance for Saints
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Southampton 2 QPR 1 Sandro limps off with an injury, just days after hurting his knee by sliding to celebrate a goal in training
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Southampton 2 QPR 1 Armand Traore, Steven Davis and Leroy Fer compete for the ball
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 2 Stoke 2 Niko Kranjcar celebrates his late equaliser
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 2 Stoke 2 Niko Kranjcar equalises for QPR with a superb free-kick with just two minutes remaining
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 2 Stoke 2 Peter Crouch slams home to give Stoke the lead again
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 2 Stoke 2 Robert Green is helpless to stop Peter Crouch's goal
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 2 Stoke 2 QPR players celebrate after their equaliser
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 2 Stoke 2 Steven Caulker and Leroy Fer celebrate the goal
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 2 Stoke 2 Peter Crouch and Charlie Adam can't keep Steven Caulker's header out
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 2 Stoke 2 Steven Caulker equalises for QPR
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 2 Stoke 2 Stoke players celebrate their opening goal
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 2 Stoke 2 Mame Biram Diouf heads in the opening goal from close range
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 4 QPR 0 Radamel Falcao makes his United debut
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 4 QPR 0 Juan Mata completes the rout at Old Trafford
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 4 QPR 0 Wayne Rooney celebrates the third
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 4 QPR 0 Daley Blind and Sandro in action
Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Manchester United 4 QPR 0 Angel Di Maria celebrates his first goal for United against QPR
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 1 Sunderland 0 Adam Johnson (right) and Clint Hill both made their first starts of the season
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 1 Sunderland 0 QPR skipper Joey Barton drives forward for the home side
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 1 Sunderland 0 QPR midfielder Leroy Fer is challenged by Jack Rodwell in the centre of midfield
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 1 Sunderland 0 Jordan Mutch and Sebastian Larsson challenge for the aerial ball
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 1 Sunderland 0 Charlie Austin reacts to fire home his first ever Premier League goal
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 1 Sunderland 0 Austin's goal gave QPR their first points of the season with his goal right on the stroke of half-time
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Tottenham 4 QPR 0 Harry Redknapp, the QPR manager, is greeted by Mauricio Pochettino prior to the game at White Hart Lane
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Tottenham 4 QPR 0 Nacer Chadli celebrates after opening the scoring against QPR
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Tottenham 4 QPR 0 Tottenham defender Eric Dier (C) celebrates scoring the second goal against QPR with Argentinian midfielder Erik Lamela
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Tottenham 4 QPR 0 Christian Eriksen takes a free-kick against QPR - hitting the crossbar
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Tottenham 4 QPR 0 Nacer Chadli of Spurs heads past Robert Green of QPR to score his team's third goal
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures Tottenham 4 QPR 0 Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor (L) scores Tottenham's fourth goal against QPR
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 0 Hull City 1 The two managers Steve Bruce (left) and Harry Redknapp watch the action unfold at Loftus Road
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 0 Hull City 1 QPR left-back Armond Traore and Hull striker Nikica Jelavic get tangled up in the corner
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 0 Hull City 1 QPR's new signing Jordan Mutch tries to avoid an incoming tackle from Hull midfielder Tom Huddlestone
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 0 Hull City 1 Despite speculation linking him with a move away from Loftus Road, Loic Remy started in the blue and white of QPR
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 0 Hull City 1 James Chester makes it 1-0 to the visitors, heading home from a corner early in the second half
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 0 Hull City 1 Referee Craig Pawson lays down vanishing spray to mark out a free-kick at Loftus Road
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Queens Park Rangers - the latest match in pictures QPR 0 Hull City 1 Charlie Austin, last season's top scorer for QPR, saw a late penalty that would have earned a point for the home side saved
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Redknapp, who recalled how he rescued Taarabt from Tottenham's reserves when he was Spurs boss, was hurt by comments made by the midfielder.
Taarabt suggested Redknapp was rarely present on the training ground, something the QPR manager insisted was false.
"None of them were true," Redknapp added.
"I'm out on that training ground every single day. When people say I'm not out there all morning, that is a blatant lie.
"I think it might've been someone else trying to be mischievous and telling him what to say.
"Whatever. It's done and dusted. I just want to be positive now.
"I've had ups and downs with him before, but I've had more ups than downs with him.
"I've brought coaches in here that think I'm off my head for keep sticking with him and trying to get him onside. They'd have bombed him out ages ago, but I haven't.
"I said to (first-team coach) Glenn Hoddle when he came in 'have a look at his ability'. And Glenn went (puffs out cheeks) 'corr, he can play'.
"About three days later, Glenn's going to me 'why doesn't he train?' And that's the problem.
"The only person that can help Adel is himself. I want him to do that. I still believe in him.
"I love watching him do things on the football pitch. I love it when he does something special.
"I just want him to come and train hard and get back in the team. We need him."
Taarabt is not in contention for Monday's match.
"He's been ill all week," Redknapp added.
"He's not been well this week, he's had a sore throat, so he's not been available to train. He's going to train this morning (Saturday)."
Rob Green is available following illness which kept him out of the Liverpool match and could displace Alex McCarthy in goal.
Defender Nedum Onuoha (hamstring) and midfielder Sandro (groin) are doubts.
Midfielders Joey Barton and Jordon Mutch (both hamstring) remain out alongside long-term absentee Alejandro Faurlin (knee).
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