Zesh Rehman believes his presence at City can attract more Asian fans to Valley Parade.

But the QPR defender, who ignored other Championship interest to sign for the rest of the season, insists he has dropped down two divisions for football reasons.

Omar Khan, the club’s new Asian ambassador, was involved in Rehman’s talks with City. The Pakistan national skipper appreciates the significance of his arrival but said: “First and foremost I’m here to play football.

“The most important thing is about what happens on the pitch. I’ve got no problems with speaking to the community and helping in that way but it’s down to how I do in matches.

“I’m well aware of the Asian community around the club and hopefully I can encourage more to come along. For me, football is the perfect vehicle to bring communities together.”

Birmingham-born Rehman became the first player of Asian origin to appear in the Premiership when he made his Fulham debut at Liverpool in 2004. He played for England from under-17s to under-20s before opting to represent Pakistan at senior level.

With Rehman on board, City have allowed Mark Bower to join Luton on a month’s loan.

Rehman has worked under SEVEN different managers since joining QPR in August 2006.

He admitted: “It is unsettling because you want stability at a club. I had spells when I was a regular in the team, then a new manager would come in with different ideas and his own players and change it all round. It was hard to get established.”

Rehman, who also had a frustrating loan spell at Blackpool, added: “I was only prepared to drop down the leagues to play for this club.

“I spoke to the manager and chairmen and I know they want to get Bradford back up to where they belong. I’ve been involved in relegation battles in the past and it’s nice to be joining a club pushing for promotion – that’s a good pressure to have.”

Rehman, who goes straight into the squad at Bury tonight, is out of contract in the summer.

Stuart McCall said: “Zesh has played at a good level and comes recommended. With TJ (Moncur) going out, we were looking for somebody who can play right back and in the middle.”

Bower is likely to start for Luton at Bournemouth but McCall stressed City’s longest-serving player still has a future at his home-town club.

“Mark’s going there with a positive attitude to get some games under his belt. He’s only going for a month and we’re not closing the door on him.

“You saw what happened with Joe (Colbeck) last season when he went out on loan to Darlington.”

City head to Gigg Lane in good spirits after their dramatic fightback at Luton and McCall is looking forward to a tense promotion clash.

“I’ve been really pleased with our away form of late and if we can maintain the level of our second-half performance, then we can go there with confidence.”

Steve Jones caused Luton trouble with his speed and may get another chance up front. So loan signing Chris O’Grady, who spent a month at Bury earlier in the season, could again miss out on even making the bench.

McCall said: “Chris has been an unfortunate victim of circumstances. After his performance in the reserves against Leeds, I was seriously considering starting him at Bournemouth but that was called off. Then he was going to start in the last home game but he fell violently ill on the Thursday night.

“We’ve got three lads in the squad in double figures and I wanted to get Thorney back out there. And I tried something different up front to use Jones with his pace.

“It’s hard on Chris but we’ve got him for another couple of weeks and I’m sure he will get his chance.”