QPR complete a permanent transfer for Richard Kone from Wycombe Wanderers for an undisclosed fee.
QPR have signed striker Richard Kone from Wycombe Wanderers for an undisclosed fee.
The sought-after 22-year-old scored 21 goals in the 2024-25 season as the Chairboys finished fifth in League One and was named both the division's player and young player of the season.
No-one in the QPR squad reached double figures under Marti Cifuentes last season and their last player to reach 10 goals was Andre Gray in the 2021-22 campaign.
Last season's League One top scorer Charlie Kelman, with 27 goals in all competitions on loan at Leyton Orient, joined Charlton Athletic on a permanent transfer last month.
Kone, who represented Ivory Coast in the Homeless World Cup in 2019, scored 25 goals in 74 appearances for Wycombe after signing from non-league Athletic Newham in 2024.
The length of his contract at QPR is undisclosed.
"It's an amazing feeling, I'm really glad to join an amazing team, a great club. I can't wait to get started," Kone told the club's website.
"I made my mind when the opportunity comes, I'll be ready. I'll be ready to take it. By God's grace, it took the time that it took, four years, and when the time was right, I did take my chances and here I am."
Kone joins a QPR attack that includes fellow new signing Rumarn Burrell, last season's top scorer Michael Frey, and Slovenia international Zan Celar.
The Rs began the new Championship season with a 1-1 draw at home to Preston North End in Julien Stephan's first match in charge, and followed that with a 3-2 Carabao Cup defeat at Plymouth Argyle on Tuesday.
They visit Watford in the league on Saturday.
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