QPR’s Hamalainen set for move to Brazil

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QPR’s Niko Hamalainen is set to join Brazilian outfit Botafogo.

Hamalainen, 25, is expected to move on an initial loan deal

The Finland international is under contract at Rangers until 2024, having been given a four-year deal in 2020.


He was signed in 2014 but has made just 19 league starts for the club and has been surplus to requirements under manager Mark Warburton.

Hamalainen has previously been sent on loan to Los Angeles FC and Los Angeles Galaxy in his native United States, as well as Kilmarnock and Dagenham & Redbridge.