Sandro remaining patient with QPR comeback
After more than two months out of action, QPR midfielder Sandro insists he will not be rushing back to the first team until he is ready.
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WrLHCNPYWbKQxnzgatdeJh.jpg)
Sandro last featured for the Premier League strugglers on November 22, when he suffered damage to the medial ligaments in his right knee.
The Brazilian is now on the mend and will feature in Thursday's friendly against Chicago Fire, which is being held behind closed doors at QPR's Harlington training ground.
Sandro managed to play 30 minutes in an Under-21 fixture against Brentford on Tuesday and with QPR struggling at the wrong end of the table, the midfielder wants to ensure he is fully fit before he returns to help the team in their relegation scrap.
"It is important for me not to rush back," he told the club's official website. "If I am not 100 per cent I could get another injury.
"I played against Brentford and I will play again today so slowly I will be ready.
"It was very good to be back - I've been looking forward playing again, I know have to improve my fitness a bit more but after my first game I feel good and strong.
"I know what I have done to get back now; when you get injured you lose conditioning and power, so I have worked hard in the gym to build this back up again. I feel I am nearly there now.
Get FourFourTwo Newsletter
The best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week.
"After another week I think I will have improved my fitness even more and I will be ready."
![LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 5: Arne Slot Manager of Liverpool congratulates Mohamed Salah of Liverpool after the 4-0 victory during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD4 match between Liverpool FC and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at Anfield on November 5, 2024 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Crystal Pix/MB Media/Getty Images)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/q3ie7X2vDDiU7X6C9HVRK7-840-80.jpg)
‘The pure simplicity of the way Slot has managed the squad is probably the biggest thing I could say about him. It’s not broken, so let’s get on with it’: Liverpool legend full of admiration for Jurgen Klopp's successor at Anfield
![CARDIFF, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 02: Wales captain Ryan Giggs shakes the hand of manager John Toshack after being substituted on his last International appearance for his country during the Euro 2008 Group D Qualifying Match between Wales and Czech Republic at the Millennium Stadium on June 2, 2007 in Cardiff, Wales. Photo by (Stu Forster/Getty Images)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ooQ9oNmgvfUUG8TBUhn6BK-840-80.jpg)
‘I trained at Spurs and thought they’d give me a chance. But I received a letter thanking me but saying they didn’t think I was good enough – I was gutted’: How Tottenham missed out on signing Wales legend John Toshack