Lovell Back In New Year?

Last updated : 20 November 2010 By Bournemouth Co-Ordinator

Even though he passed a medical to sign for the Cherries, Steve Lovell has so far not played a single game for AFC Bournemouth since his return.

Manager, Eddie Howe, is quoted in the Bournemouth Evening Echo as saying: "We’ve had a couple of complications from that operation and, through no fault of his own, he’s found himself struggling to get fit. He’s been to see a couple of different surgeons and, hopefully, this time he’s got the problem sorted and he’s now on the road to recovery. It was a big blow for us because we had real high hopes for Steve. When you look at his pedigree and the goals he’s scored and the level he’s scored his goals at, we felt he was going to be a really big player for us this year. But that’s how football goes sometimes. It can happen to anybody. Steve’s done nothing wrong but, unfortunately, he’s had to spend a lot of time trying to find out the cause and extent of his injury".