Carlos Cuellar poised for Aston Villa return
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Your support makes all the difference.Aston Villa defender Carlos Cuellar is poised to return to full training after missing the start of the season through injury.
Cuellar underwent knee surgery at the tail-end of the last campaign and then a recent calf problem hampered his hopes of a return to action.
But the Spaniard, who last tasted first team football in April against Newcastle, is set to start training next week.
Cuellar, 30, said: "I'm really close to being back. If the progress continues to go as well as it is going, I'll be back with the group (training) next week.
"I'm about to start training with the rest of the team and to fight for a place.
"A minor calf injury when I was doing my own pre-season style training slowed me down a bit."
Villa manager Alex McLeish is keeping his fingers crossed transfer deadline day signing Jermaine Jenas will finally be available for Saturday's clash at QPR.
The on-loan Tottenham midfielder has been sidelined with a thigh injury.
McLeish said: "We've had Jermaine on the training ground the last few days, and touch wood, he will be available for the weekend.
"We are not committing ourselves 100% to that but we could be doing with the competition."
McLeish has already admitted striker Darren Bent, is "tough and go" for the Loftus Road encounter with a groin problem which forced him to miss the Carling Cup meeting with Bolton on Tuesday.
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