With Charlie Daniels missing since the home win over Huddersfield Town at the end of January, and a follow up trip to receive treatment in Rome, the Cherries left back is hopeful of returning to first team action in the not too distant future.
Speaking in the Bournemouth Evening Echo, Daniels is quoted as saying: "It has gone really well, the tear healed in a relatively short time which was great news. Now the plan is to kick on, get some running under my belt and see where we go from there. I have targeted a game to be back for which I will keep to myself. For the rest of the season I want to stay fit and healthy and get back to the place I was at just before I got injured. It was very frustrating when I pulled up. I didn’t want it to happen but when it did I just thought it was better to stop and come off rather than do a lot more damage. If I had carried on I could have ripped it to the bone. Sometimes, the best thing to do is just stop and think ahead, even if it is early in the game and you’re frustrated".
On the treatment received in Rome: "There is a greater intensity because you’re out there and everything is focused on you as an individual. Instead of one or two treatments a day you have three or four bursts and those little things really help to speed up the process. They have the latest techniques, some of which the club have over here now, to help the healing process. I really don’t like being injured and if you ask the doctors they probably don’t like me being injured because I get on their nerves too much. They hate it because I am always on their case, wanting to do things rather than relaxing a little bit. I just want to get fit and back out on the pitch".