The Queens Park Rangers defender will not be joining Lokomotiv Moscow.
Queens Park Rangers defender Steven Caulker has confirmed he is staying put at Loftus Road and said he has been offered support by manager Ian Holloway.
Caulker was understood to be on the verge of a loan move to Lokomotiv Moscow, but the Russian side appeared to announce the deal was off in a cryptic Twitter post earlier this month.
The Sun later reported QPR were desperate to offload the 25-year-old, who is claimed to be of the R’s highest earners on wages of around £40,000 a week.
Caulker’s personal life has been heavily discussed in the tabloids of late, and the pressure finally appears to have taken its toll on the once-capped England international.
In an outburst aimed at The Sun on Instagram, Caulker wrote: “It was MY decision to pull out of the Moscow deal because I was not fit – absolutely nothing to do with money.
“I was also offered the support by Holloway to help me off the pitch which is something I was very grateful to hear and could not turn down.
“I am still young enough to turn things around and believe I can do that now I have right support in place.”
Caulker is yet to feature under Holloway, who replaced Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink at Loftus Road in November, owing to injury.
The former Tottenham Hotspur youngster signed for QPR in 2014 and has played 50 times for the R’s, who loaned him to both Southampton and Liverpool last season.
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