SANDRO has been ruled out until after Christmas owing to a knee injury sustained in Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Newcastle United.

The combative midfielder limped out of the action after 61 minutes at St James’ Park and is now set for a spell on the sidelines.





Dr Peter Florida, the club’s Head of Medical Services, told www.qpr.co.uk: “Sandro took a bad knock to his right knee, and has suffered damage to his medial ligaments.





“It is totally unrelated to his previous ACL injury.





“Unfortunately, he will now be unavailable for selection until after Christmas.”