Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand insists he has no regrets joining QPR.

Fitness and a Football Association ban for Twitter comments mean he has not featured for QPR since the 2-0 defeat at West Ham on October 5.

"No footballer worth his salt likes sitting on the bench. So I would be lying if I said I'm perfectly OK about being left out of the QPR team recently," Ferdinand told The Sun.

"When you have enjoyed all the success of being at a club as big as Manchester United for more than a decade, there is no hiding the fact that my current circumstances are a bit of a comedown.

"But do not make the mistake of thinking I have any regrets about my move to Loftus Road - because I don't.

"I knew what I was getting myself into and knew I'd be at a club where you would mostly spend your time looking up at teams rather than down at those below you.

"And I was well aware that I probably wouldn't play every game. I'm realistic that, at the age of 36, that was never going to happen."