BOURNEMOUTH, England — Bournemouth midfielder Tyler Adams is expected to miss at least three months after a second surgery for a hamstring problem that has limited him to just one appearance for the Premier League club.
The United States captain joined Bournemouth on a five-year deal in the offseason after a one-year stint at Leeds that ended with him having hamstring surgery in March.
The 24-year-old New York native returned to play last month in an English League Cup game but felt discomfort afterward.
Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola said Friday that Adams will be sidelined “three or four months.”
“From the previous surgery, he wasn’t feeling well in any moment,” Iraola said. “He was improving, and then he had setback, improving again, setback. So probably something didn’t go very well in the surgery and he had to have it again.”
Adams was named captain of the U.S. team ahead of last year’s World Cup in Qatar. At 23, he was the youngest captain at the tournament.
After being relegated, Leeds sold Adams to Bournemouth for a transfer fee reported to be up to 24 million pounds ($29 million).
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