Maidstone have signed defender Alex Finney on loan from Championship club QPR until January.

The 21-year-old trained with his new team-mates this morning and is likely to make his debut against Maidenhead on Saturday.

Finney, a replacement for Kevin Lokko, started his career at Leyton Orient and made three first-team appearances for Bolton before joining Rangers.

Stones boss Jay Saunders, who could sign another defender tomorrow, said: “I’ve been speaking to his agent for a little while to see if we could do something.

“QPR, like a lot of the league clubs, didn’t want to let anyone out too early during pre-season so it’s come at a good time with Kevin leaving.

“Alex coming in is an ideal replacement. I’ve seen him, I’ve also spoken to a few people who know him, people he’s played under, like Phil Parkinson at Bolton, and they all spoke highly of him.

“I think he’s now at a stage where he just needs to go out and get more regular first-team games.

“He’s got all the credentials to go on and be a really good centre-half. He’s a good size, has good pace and he’ll be a good addition.

“Obviously it would have been nice to get a little bit more time with him than one training session and then being thrown in the deep end but he’ll be a good signing.”

Finney is confident he’ll fit straight in at the Gallagher and outlined the qualities he brings.

He said: “When you go out on loan, you want as many first-team games as possible and this is a good club with good support.

“I’m quite mobile, I’d like to think I’m good in the air, I try to read the game well and my mentality as a footballer is winning.

“I’ve got a desire to win. That’s what drives me, the winning, so hopefully I can implement that into the games.

“I don’t think I’ll need long to find my feet.

"They’re good boys down here, I like the manager, he speaks to me well and tells me what he wants, so I feel like I’ll slot in perfectly.”