Gorkss set for Rangers medical

Iain Dowie's Queens Park Rangers are in pole position to sign Latvian defender Kaspars Gorkss from Championship rivals Blackpool, according to our sources.

Gorkss, 26, is reportedly in London undergoing a medical with the Loftus Road outfit with a view to completing a £250,000 move.

The former Ventspils defender has been linked with a number of sides in the second tier, including Blackpool's Lancashire rivals Preston North End, as well as Glenn Roeder's Norwich, Ipswich Town and Watford.