QPR have signed highly-rated young defender Ronnie Edwards on loan from Southampton for the rest of the season.
Saints paid a reported £3m to Peterborough United for Edwards in the summer but he has only made two appearances so far for the Premier League club.
The 21-year-old's debut came in a Carabao Cup victory at Cardiff in August and last month he made his first top-flight appearance off the bench in a 5-1 home defeat by Chelsea.
"You can obviously wait until deadline day but as soon as I heard of this, I thought why not get started straight away?