Marco Rose said Bournemouth will be cautious with Junior Kroupi's return from injury ahead of Saturday's Premier League meeting with Leeds. Junior Kroupi was out of action for the first three months of the season with a foot injury and has recently returned to action.
Kroupi's return
"We still need to build up his game time," said Rose ahead of Saturday's Premier League meeting with Leeds.
"I'm really happy to have him back, to have his quality, but he knows that he has to be patient in this situation to not get in a difficult situation with another injury," said the Bournemouth manager.
"We need to get him fit, in a good spot with more and more match time in between good sessions of training," he added.
Kroupi returned in the 3-0 win over Manchester United and was introduced in the 80th minute of Wednesday’s League Cup defeat of Aston Villa.
Squad availability
Bournemouth remain without midfielder Alex Scott, but he could return from a thigh injury.
Current results
Bournemouth have five consecutive wins and clean sheets in all competitions.
"Even in pre-season I felt we are in a good way and in a good direction," said Rose, who succeeded Andoni Iraola after the Spaniard joined Liverpool.
"The first games were good, but we just missed some situations and made some individual mistakes to concede easy goals, and that is why we didn’t get results."
"These days most games are going in our direction, but it's hard work and we have to continue this hard work."
Manager and reported interest
Rose succeeded Andoni Iraola after the Spaniard joined Liverpool.
AFP said Kroupi has reportedly attracted the interest of Premier League champions Arsenal after an outstanding first season in England.
