Robbie Savage: 'Mark Hughes will keep Queens Park Rangers up'

Mark Hughes will keep Queens Park Rangers in the Premier League this season, according to Robbie Savage.

By Liam Apicella, Features Editor

Published: January 14 2012 | 13:06

Last updated: January 14 2012 | 14:22

Robbie Savage has backed his former manager Mark Hughes to keep Queens Park Rangers in the Premier League this season.

Hughes was appointed the new boss of Rangers earlier this week following the recent sacking of Neil Warnock.

Rangers are currently 17th in the Premier League table, but Savage believes that Hughes has the capabilities to guide his team to survival.

"QPR must have impressed Mark Hughes with their ambition, and he spends money very wisely," Savage told BBC Football Focus.

"In Blackburn he was in a similar position in the league and picked up bargains in Chris Samba, Craig Bellamy and Roque Santa Cruz.

"Hughes will keep QPR in the Premier League."

Savage and Hughes worked together during the latter's time in charge at Ewood Park.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Sunderland	15	9	4	2	25	11	14	31
2	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	15	10	3	2	19	7	12	31
3	Leeds United Leeds	15	8	5	2	24	9	15	29
4	Burnley	15	7	6	2	18	6	12	27
5	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	15	6	7	2	16	9	7	25
6	Watford	15	8	1	6	23	22	1	25
7	Middlesbrough	15	7	3	5	23	17	6	24
8	Millwall	15	6	5	4	18	13	5	23
9	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	15	6	4	5	19	17	2	22
10	Bristol City	15	5	7	3	20	19	1	22
11	Swansea City Swansea	15	5	4	6	11	10	1	19
12	Derby County Derby	15	5	4	6	19	19	0	19
13	Stoke City Stoke	15	5	4	6	18	19	-1	19
14	Norwich City Norwich	15	4	6	5	23	22	1	18
15	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	15	5	3	7	17	25	-8	18
16	Oxford United Oxford Utd	15	4	5	6	17	18	-1	17
17	Coventry City Coventry	15	4	4	7	20	21	-1	16
18	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	15	4	4	7	15	26	-11	16
19	Hull City	15	3	6	6	16	20	-4	15
20	Preston North End Preston	15	3	6	6	15	23	-8	15
21	Luton Town Luton	15	4	3	8	17	26	-9	15
22	Cardiff City Cardiff	15	4	3	8	14	23	-9	15
23	Portsmouth	15	2	6	7	16	28	-12	12
24	Queens Park Rangers QPR	15	1	7	7	12	25	-13	10