Queens Park Rangers accomplished the signing of Lucas Andersen in the beginning of this week.
The Championship facet had been capable of safe his providers out of the window after Danish facet AaB Fodbold terminated his contract. This transfer has seen the 29-year-old reunite together with his former supervisor, Martí Cifuentes, at QPR.
Tipsbladet interviewed the QPR supervisor and the main target was solely on the English membership’s new signing.
Cifuentes was at AaB for over a yr between 2021 and 2022, earlier than becoming a member of Hammarby. During his time with the previous, he managed the previous Denmark worldwide.
It’s defined that the Spaniard gave his ‘warmest recommendation’ when the potential for bringing the attacking midfielder to QPR was proposed to him.
On the London membership’s resolution to signal Andersen, he stated: “I’ve always been a great admirer of Lucas, who has been a significant player in Danish football for many years.
“When I came to AaB, he was on his way back from a long injury break, but when he got ready, he immediately performed at a high level.
Since December 2020, the Dane has missed 443 days because of two critical accidents. The coach boss has backed him to impress for QPR and defined why it’s not price specializing in his harm document or latest type for AaB.
“You shouldn’t evaluate a player based on the past three months. Much also depends on the situation in the club,” Cifuentes defined.
“AaB are playing in the second tier now and are working on a completely new project with a different way of playing. I know Lucas’ qualities and that’s what I focus on. I know that if he reaches his top level, he can be a huge player for us.”
“He had some bad injuries earlier in his career, but he’s been injury-free for 18 months now, and when he’s fit, he’s one of the best players in Danish football. I don’t think it makes sense to compare 17-year-old Andersen to the 29-year-old player he is now.”
Andersen is a product of AaB’s academy and had two spells with their senior crew, and the QPR supervisor isn’t shocked together with his love for the Danish membership.
“Lucas has a huge love for AaB and for Aalborg, and I am sure that both the club and the city will always speak highly of him. I’m sure he will still follow the club closely and cheer for AaB’s return to the Superliga,” he added.