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16th August 2018
03:39pm BST

"I think it's part of every young player's development to go out on loan and experience something different - different environments, different cultures and different ways of playing. "This season, because of Josh Scowen, Mass Luongo, Luke Freeman and Ebere Eze, his chances have been limited so far. So we had to make a decision - whether to keep Ryan in the squad and him not play much, or get him more games out on loan. "Sometimes as managers and coaches, we want to keep all of our players. But I think the benefits of this loan move will far outweigh keeping Ryan here for the moment. "We'll definitely be keeping an eye on Ryan and wish him success at Rotherham. We hope he plays well and comes back an even-better player."McClaren has a tough task on his hands to make QPR competitive in the upper echelons in the division and is basically out-sourcing the development of a talented young player to his league rivals. For Manning, at least, he gets to remain in the Championship and prove a point. [caption id="attachment_172985" align="aligncenter" width="761"]
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QPR director of football Les Ferdinand has joined McClaren in insisting that the Ireland U21's move is ultimately in the best long-term interests of both him and QPR.
"We've certainly got high hopes for Ryan in terms of his future at QPR," told the club website.
"However, unfortunately, he's not in the team on a regular basis at the moment, due to how well the current midfield have performed.
"We feel it's in the best interests of both QPR and Ryan for him to go out and get game time on a more-consistent basis - playing Championship football at the same time, too."Explore more on these topics: