Doyle: Motivation to play for Wolves was hard for me

The 30-year-old striker is preparing to star for QPR in the Championship play-off final against Derby at Wembley on Saturday hoping to end his loan period on a high by securing a return to the Premier League.

Doyle, who has a year left on his £40,000-a-week contract, is due to report back to Wolves for the start of pre-season training with the rest of the squad on June 25.

The Ireland international is hoping his future is sorted out before then and he can earn a permanent move to Loftus Road. But reflecting on this season at Molineux, Doyle, who scored three goals in 23 League games for Wolves before netting twice in 11 for Rangers, admitted he found it tough getting excited about playing in the third tier.

"Personal motivational is the hardest," said the forward. "Especially in League One, I found that difficult. I've always believed in myself, whether that shows or not I don't know."

Doyle was one of four strikers to depart Wolves in January with Leigh Griffiths and Bjorn Sigurdarson.

But the former Reading man insists he has no axe to grind with head coach Kenny Jackett.

"I don't feel bitter towards them," he said. "It was such a total downer. We had three good years in the Premier League and then it was two years of a disaster zone. You can understand why they wanted a clear-out, fresh minds and fresh people who hadn't been through that. Wolves were one of the favourites to go up last year and we got relegated. We had one of the highest budgets. From my point of view, it's not as easy as people think."