The Rs boss is keen to bolster his squad with loans
in January but does not believe that the out-of-favour Blues winger
would be available and has not revisited the Ajax man
Redknapp has already entered the market during the January transfer window to bring West Ham forward Mauro Zarate to Loftus Road on a temporary basis.
The former Tottenham boss has made no secret of his desire to further bolster his squad and reports suggested that he was looking to add Chelsea winger Salah and Ajax striker Sigthorsson - who almost moved to QPR in the close-season - to his ranks, but the 67-year-old says otherwise.
"Of course I'd take [Salah] on loan but he's not available for loan," Redknapp told the press. "I don't think Chelsea would loan him, I've never asked about him, I wouldn't think we'd get him on loan.
"That was a while [ago], we made an approach for [Sigthorsson]. [There is no approach] at the moment, no."
Redknapp also concedes that his tactic of seeking loan deals throughout January is a gamble.
"It's a difficult one, spending big money in January," he added. "We bought players in in the summer, [now] we're looking for loans. It's difficult. You're taking a gamble.
"If you sign Wilfried Bony from Swansea it's not a gamble, you're getting a top-class centre forward, but he'll cost you £30 million [€38m]. If you take players on loan there's a question mark; it doesn't matter who they are, there's a reason. You don't go 'here's Charlie Austin, he has a dozen goals, you can have him'.
"You let them out if they're not in the side or not good enough to get in the team or there's a question mark over them otherwise you wouldn't loan them out."
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