Harry Redknapp is planning a sensational move for Jermain Defoe to shoot Queens Park Rangers straight back into the Premier League, The Mirror reports.

QPR manager Redknapp will try to persuade the Spurs and England striker to drop down into the Championship as the star of his new-look attack.

Redknapp, whose side kick off their Championship season at home to Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday, said: “I am going to put together a team that will excite people.

“I am trying to bring players in who will blow people’s minds. I have got the backing of the board to do that, and we are moving on from last season.”

Redknapp could face competition, however, from his Loftus Road predecessor Mark Hughes, who has been linked with an attempt to take Defoe to new employers Stoke.