Bournemouth's record signing Tyrone Mings out for season

Bournemouth’s record signing Tyrone Mings ruled out for the season

• Mings joined the Cherries for £8m in the summer from Ipswich
• Winger Max Gradel also sidelined for at least six months



The Bournemouth defender Tyrone Mings is attended to by medical staff before being carried off against Leicester City. Photograph: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Imag

The Bournemouth defender Tyrone Mings, the club’s record signing, has been ruled out for the season with an anterior cruciate ligament knee injury.

The left-back, who joined from Ipswich for £8m this summer, was taken off on a stretcher six minutes into his debut against Leicester City last weekend, after replacing Charlie Daniels at half-time. Daniels, who has started all four of the Cherries’ Premier League games so far this season, is also expected to miss a month of matches with a knee injury.

Mings had initially been expected to miss three months through injury but a post on the defender’s Facebook account stated that he could face up to a year on the sidelines.

Mings said: “Worse news than first anticipated ... tore my medial cruciate ligament and my anterior cruciate ligament. Will be out for 9-12 months, having surgery next Wednesday.”

Eddie Howe, the Bournemouth manager, strengthened his defensive ranks with the loan signing of Joe Bennett from Aston Villa on deadline day.

Bennett will provide cover for injured left-sided defenders Mings and Daniels, after signing a six-month loan contract on the south coast. Howe also boosted his attacking options with the £4m signing of striker Glenn Murray from Crystal Palace.

Another summer signing, the Ivorian winger Max Gradel, also sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury in the 1-1 draw against Leicester and is expected to miss around six months of action.

Gradel joined Bournemouth for £7m from St Etienne this summer. Both Gradel and Mings were omitted from the 25-man squad Bournemouth submitted to the Premier League for the first half of the season on Thursday.

Meanwhile midfielder Harry Arter, who is yet to play this season after seeking medical treatment overseas for a groin injury, has been named in the squad and is moving closer to a first-team return. The club can redeclare the squad in January.

Guardian