Gary O’Neil noticed his aspect narrowly crushed by Newcastle United within the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night time after Adam Smith put via his personal web.
The Cherries boss admitted preparations for his or her home return had been hampered by a virus spreading round his squad, with some gamers lacking as much as ten days of coaching.
“We’ve had a tough final 10 days,” mentioned O’Neil previous to the sport in opposition to Newcastle.
“A real bad virus went through the group, so we’ll have to make a few last-minute calls on a few. The boys, some of them have missed real long spells with it, so up to 10 days.
“Some of them have missed training. It was a nasty one.”
Tuesday’s journey to Stamford Bridge shall be Bournemouth’s first League outing since their American-led takeover.
Invoice Foley, who owns NHL ice hockey franchise the Vegas Golden Knights, would be the membership’s chairman, with quite a few restricted companions additionally concerned within the takeover. Hollywood actor Michael B. Jordan can be concerned, main a minority group within the takeover.
Chelsea, in the meantime, might be with out Wesley Fofana for the sport, with the defender set for a scan after being pressured off via damage throughout a behind-closed-doors pleasant win over Brentford.
