Bournemouth striker Junior Kroupi is about to be available for Saurday’s Premier League clash with Arsenal after picking up a knock over the international break.
Kroupi has enjoyed a formidable first season at Bournemouth, together with his nine league goals earning him a call-up to France’s Under-21 squad.
Nonetheless, the teenager was later forced to drag out of the camp before his side’s clash with Luxembourg because of ‘physical discomfort’.
However the Cherries boss Andoni Iraola confirmed that Kroupi in addition to Alex Jimenez, who also picked up a knock on international duty, have recovered in time for Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off.
‘Junior Kroupi and Alex Jimenez got here from their international teams with some niggles and it was more precautionary.’ Iraola said in Friday’s pre-match press conference.
‘They’ve had some rest, also with us, and fully recovered for tomorrow.’
Asked for other team news, Iraola confirmed that Bournemouth shall be without Justin Kluivert and Lewis Cook, but said three players had returned to first-team training.
‘The one injured players now we have at once are Justin Kluivert and Lewis Cook,’ he added.
‘Lewis Cook is possibly taking more time than we expected and he’s not there yet.
‘But I feel everyone else is offered. There are some cases, especially Julio Soler, who shouldn’t be able to play quite a lot of minutes, but is training with the group and I feel he’s recovered.
‘Within the cases of Tyler, of Ben Gannon-Doak, they’ve used this break to place themselves in contention and I feel we’re in a great place.
‘I’ll even should make difficult decisions because we shall be greater than 20 able to travel.’
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