Bournemouth ace Hamed Traore is going through a prolonged spell on the sidelines after contracting malaria.
The 23-year-old Ivory Coast midfielder was taken to hospital after selecting up the sickness whereas away on worldwide obligation with the Elephants in November, however has since been discharged. He is nevertheless nonetheless experiencing signs of the situation and has been recovering at house for the previous few weeks.
Traore, who joined Bournemouth on mortgage in January earlier than making his transfer to the Vitality Stadium everlasting in the summertime, hasn’t kicked a ball since that includes in a few World Cup qualifiers for the Ivory Coast final month.
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His final recreation for Bournemouth got here in opposition to Liverpool within the EFL Cup at the beginning of November, although he was solely given a 16-minute run-out. The Cherries star hasn’t performed within the Premier League since September, and has solely managed to make 4 match-day squads within the competitors since then.
Traore’s sickness could not have come at a worse time. He’s been unnoticed of the Ivory Coast’s squad for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations event, which is being held in his house nation.
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Since becoming a member of Bournemouth 11 months in the past Traore has made 13 appearances for the membership, scoring simply the as soon as in opposition to Swansea within the EFL Cup in August. Previously he performed for Sassuolo and Empoli in Italy, having moved to the nation from Abidjan, the Ivorian capital, when he was a schoolboy.
Bournemouth have been coping effectively in his absence. They’re as much as twelfth within the desk after successful 4 video games on the bounce, and 7 of their final 9.
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Traore is not the one Premier League participant to have caught malaria. Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was hospitalised for a couple of days after contracting the illness in 2021, Wilfried Bony got here down with the sickness whereas taking part in for Manchester City in 2015, and Chelsea legend Didier Drogba caught it in 2010, earlier than famously ‘recovering’ 26 minutes later.