GEORGE KULSCAR
Position: Midfield
Club: Queens Park Rangers

The six feet two inch Australian has signed a three year contract at Loftus Road. George, 30, is delighted to become Ray Harford's first signing.He says:"It looks like the club means business with Ray in charge. Rangers have a squad full of quality players and hopefully it is just a case of finding the right blend." "I'm a ball-winning player. I like to get the tackles in and I've been playing in the holding midfield position for Bradford for the last nine months or so. I've been a regular in their side."

George was actually born in Budapest, Hungary, but his family immigrated to Australia when he six years old. He played junior and semi-pro soccer, before having the opportunity to move to Belgium to play for Antwerp six years ago. George has three full caps for Australia. The move to Bradford came in March and his form since then has impressed Ray Harford.

The R's boss says: "I'm very pleased to have signed George. He's a good player. He's experienced in the central midfield role. He's competitive and a good long range passer. George works hard and closes people down." "I knew about him when he came over to England from Belgium and I've followed his progress over here. We played against him a few weeks ago when I was at West Bromwich Albion and everything I've seen has impressed me."

Kulscar was introduced to English football by Bradford manager Chris Kamara who paid Antwerp £100,000 for his services in March 1997. Although he is Australian, he has spent a long spell playing his football in Belgium and has featured in Europe for Antwerp. Kulscar is a very competitive player, and is in the ideal position to impress Australian boss Terry Venables in the hope of a regular international place. Ray Harford made George his first signing as QPR manager in December 1997 when he paid Bradford £250,000.

George's debut for QPR was against Bradford and he was injured after twenty minuets. He returned to the side in late January and has been in and out of the side since. Kulscar has yet to impress the Rangers fans and his stay at Rangers will probably be a short one judging by the amount of times he was sacrificed for Steve Slade as the season progressed. The emergence of Richard Langely and Richard Graham also points the way to a short stay in West London for Kulscar.