The QPR striker has been recalled from Portsmouth just days before the two meet in the FA Cup fourth round.
Queens Park Rangers have confirmed that striker David Wheeler has joined League Two side MK Dons on loan after having been recalled from his spell at Portsmouth.
The 28-year-old was due to spend the whole season on loan at Fratton Park, but he had started just one League One game for the south coast side, according to Transfermarkt.
As a result, QPR confirmed in a statement on Thursday that they had activated a clause in Wheeler’s loan agreement to recall him from Pompey.
On Friday, the west Londoners then announced that their player would be heading to Milton Keynes, where he would link up with Paul Tisdale, his former manager at Exeter City.
The move makes sense as Wheeler worked well under Tisdale, playing some of his best football during his four-year spell with the Grecians.
Coincidentally, QPR face Portsmouth in the fourth round of the FA Cup this weekend, and after Wheeler was recalled, some R’s fans took to Twitter to voice their opinions on the move – and particularly its timing:
Wheeler has made nine appearances, scoring one goal, for the R’s since he moved to Loftus Road from Exeter in August 2017.
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