Bournemouth coach Iraola: Adams ready to make season debut vs. Arsenal
Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola has said Tyler Adams is ready to make his season debut in the club’s match against Arsenal on Saturday.
The U.S. men’s national team midfielder hasn’t played yet in 2024-25 as he continues his recovery from back surgery in July.
But the 25-year-old has been training with the Cherries over the international break, and came through with no issues.
“I think everyone is going to be available [for the game against Arsenal],” Iraola said at a press conference on Friday.
“You have the case of Tyler, and you know that he hasn’t played a lot of time. He lacks some game time but that is normal.
“He is feeling very well, doing well, has good sensations and has trained very well this break with us. He is ready.”
Adams signed for Bournemouth ahead of last season, but his debut campaign with the club was almost entirely lost due to injuries.
Between back and hamstring injuries, Adams made just five appearances for Bournemouth across all competitions in 2023-24, playing 138 minutes.
Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna says his team will have to put some of the lessons learned from defeat at West Ham into action when they face Everton at Portman Road tomorrow afternoon.
The Blues boss admitted his side struggled to deal with the Hammers’ direct approach in a 4-1 defeat at the London Stadium prior to the recent international break.
Now Sean Dyche’s Everton come to Suffolk and McKenna is expecting a similar sort of threat from an experienced Toffees side that looked to have turned a corner following a nightmare start to the campaign.
“West Ham were the most direct team we’ve played against,” said McKenna. “They played up to (Michail) Antonio, played over our press really well and were more dominant than us on first and second balls. Everton have some of the same strengths. Playing to (Dominic) Calvert-Lewin pretty early is one of their strategies, they do it well and he’s in good form.
“Their front four is in really good form. You can see the variety of attacks they have. They can, of course, go to Calvert-Lewin aerially, they can go into the space in behind too. (Iliman) Ndiaye’s started ever so well for them, (Jack) Harrison and (Dwight) McNeil have both got a lot of quality and both can score from outside the box.
