Queen’s Park Rangers boss Marti Cifuentes indicated that Lyndon Dykes could be on his way out of the club after the Scotland striker was omitted from the squad for the 1-1 draw against Plymouth.
The West London outfit had to settle for an English Championship point despite the visitors playing most of the match with 10 men and ending it with nine.
Morgan Whittaker’s equaliser for Argyle just before the half-hour mark cancelled out Michael Frey’s early opener.
Adam Forshaw was sent off on 29 minutes after picking up a second yellow card.
And in stoppage time, teenage substitute Freddie Issaka was dismissed for a crude challenge on Kenneth Paal.
Asked why Dykes, who’s recently returned from the injury that kept him from appearing at Euro 2024, was left out amid links to Birmingham City, Cifuentes said: “I just pick players based on availability. He wasn’t available.”
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Pressed on whether he expects Dykes, who also came off the bench to score a late equaliser last weekend, to still be a QPR player after the transfer window closes next week, the Spaniard said: “I don’t know.”
Rangers, like Argyle, are still waiting for their first win of the season and Cifuentes admitted: “Only getting one point from a game like this is not enough.
“At the same time, I’m happy about some parts of the performance, especially the start of the game – we started brilliantly.
“Unfortunately after the goal, slowly we allowed Plymouth to get too much possession.
“We adjusted a couple of things at half-time after they got the red card. We attacked much better in the first 25 to 30 minutes of the second half and created a lot of chances and their keeper was outstanding.
“The longer it goes it gives more energy to Plymouth. Then in the last 10 or 15 minutes it was too emotional and not the way we should have attacked. It leaves us feeling of course disappointed about getting only one point.
“There is no time to be concerned. My concern would be if we were not looking like a team that knows what it’s trying to do.”
