Marco Rose delivers Junior Kroupi latest in Bournemouth injury update ahead of AC Milan clash

By Ben Sully | 21 Oct 2026 16:57, Last updated: 21 Oct 2026 17:01

Bournemouth caput manager Marco Rose has confirmed guardant Junior Kroupi has returned to squad training. 

The 20-year-old has not played a competitory crippled for the nine since the extremity of the 2025-26 campaign. 

Kroupi has been moving done a lengthy rehabilitation process aft undergoing ft country successful the summer.

The Frenchman has made his instrumentality to squad training, and portion helium is ineligible to play successful the Europa League, helium is successful contention for minutes disconnected the seat successful Sunday's Premier League clash against Manchester United astatine Old Trafford.

Rose issues affirmative Kroupi wounded update

“There are nary concerns aft the Sunderland game. Nothing special, immoderate cramps," Rose told reporters up of Thursday's Europa League clash with AC Milan.

“Junior is backmost into squad grooming but not connected the UEFA list, but possibly we tin person him for immoderate minutes successful Manchester.

“Veljko [Milosavljevic] played with the under-21s. He is going to play again with the under-21s due to the fact that helium was retired for a long, agelong clip but helium is backmost arsenic well.

“We conscionable miss Alex [Scott] and we person Julian [Araujo], who is inactive injured, and the different lads are getting back. It’s good.”

Kroupi's imminent instrumentality volition connection a important boost to Bournemouth's attacking options aft netting 13 goals successful 33 Premier League appearances past term. 

Scott astatine slightest "two weeks" distant from Bournemouth return

Scott has been retired of enactment since withdrawing from the England squad with a thigh wounded aft playing successful the 7-0 triumph implicit Croatia earlier this month.

Rose antecedently revealed that Scott's wounded is not arsenic atrocious arsenic primitively feared aft initially being ruled retired for six to 8 weeks.

However, helium is inactive a mates of weeks distant from returning to action, with Bournemouth acceptable to physique up his grooming workload successful the meantime.

"We needed to spot however helium would respond to the load," Rose said. "The effect wasn't cleanable connected the archetypal day, but it has been overmuch amended pursuing that.

"We volition present look to measurement up his grooming plan, but helium won't beryllium disposable for the adjacent 2 weeks."

The two-week timeframe means Scott is expected to miss games against AC Milan, Man United, Bournemouth and Leeds United.