Hoop Dreams - QPR FC

Moritz Volz is likely to be offered a contract with QPR until the end of the season after successfully coming through a reserve game against Reading yesterday.

The QPR reserves lost 3-0 but Volz played for 85 minutes, an important step in his rehabilitation after spending most of last autumn trying to recover from a serious groin injury in Germany.

Volz has been without a club since leaving Fulham last summer.

He spent last season on loan at Championship side Ipswich for whom he made 23 appearances but he hasn't played first-team football since last April, when he came on as a substitute in a 2-0 defeat against Sheffield United.

With his footballing appearances few and far between, Volz is almost as well known for his TV appearances, riding his fold-up bike around west London and his love of David Hasselhoff.

His website, which greatly outranks the often tedious official websites offered by a lot of players, is a shrine to his own eccentricities. The video below, taken from the site, suggests that he will be more than comfortable in west London with QPR. And what club couldn't do with a 'humourous Westphalian'?



Reserve team manager Keith Ryan also reported that striker Angelo Balanta made it through 90 minutes of the reserve game as he looks to increase his playing time in an injury-hit season.

The young Colombian striker has made just three appearances for the Hoops first team this season with only one start, against Blackpool on the opening day of the season.

"The result was disappointing, it always is when you lose but it was great to see Hogan Ephraim play 65 minutes and Angelo Balanta get a full match under his belt," said Ryan, speaking to the club's website.