Max Gradel out for six months as Bournemouth await news on Tyrone Mings

Bournemouth forward Max Gradel is facing six months out after scans confirmed he has a ruptured cruciate ligament.

 

The Cherries' summer signing from St-Etienne was injured during Saturday's home draw with Leicester and will now have surgery to repair the damage.



There could yet be further fallout from the Leicester game as Bournemouth await further news on a knee injury sustained by record-signing Tyrone Mings.


The defender has damaged medial ligaments and needs further assessment before a timescale can be put on his recovery.

Mings was injured after appearing as a half-time substitute for left-back Charlie Daniels, who could miss as many as four weeks with a muscle problem.

The injuries partly explain a busy deadline day for Bournemouth, who signed striker Glenn Murray from Crystal Palace and secured loan deals for Aston Villa left-back Joe Bennett and River Plate midfielder Tomas Andrade.