Usually it’s big name singings or a plethora of arrivals that gets fans excited for during the pre-season lull.

For Queens Park Rangers, there won’t be any fanfare and excitement there was when they were the free-spending mavericks of the Premier League.

Those days are over.

Financial Fair Play is still a big thing for QPR, and something they need to comply with. So it will be down to manager Steve McClaren to sift through the academy at Loftus Road and bring on the biggest and brightest talents.

This should be easy for a club who’s academy has been mooted as one of the best currently in the country.

And QPR fans should react to news positively that the young will be more of a focal point.

These days too many young players fall by the wayside having failed to make the breakthrough from the academies to the first-team.

If QPR can strike the right balance it will give the club more pride should they perform above expectations.

Who doesn’t love a home-grown talent taking on all-comers and providing moments of magic for their childhood club?

It’s a rarity in football these days, a novelty, even, that a youth player to make the step up but it is implausible that QPR could promote several. But it shouldn’t be. 

Fans will need to be patient as they learn their craft in one of the most competitive leagues in world football. 

But if they afford the players the time to make mistakes and to learn from them, the future could be a fruitful one for the Loftus Road club.

All it takes now is for McClaren to unlock that potential and take attack the situation he finds himself in thanks to FFP.

If all works out as it should, the future certainly looks bright for QPR.