Ben Blake reports from Turner’s Cross
HARRY ARTER LOOKS set to miss the Euro 2016 finals after leaving the Ireland camp this evening.
The Bournemouth midfielder, who was hoping to be part of Martin O’Neill’s squad for next month’s tournament in France, pulled out of yesterday’s training session at Turner’s Cross with a thigh issue.
He has since had a scan on the injury and the FAI confirmed prior to kick-off in tonight’s friendly against Belarus that Arter has returned to Bournemouth — although the Ireland boss hasn’t completely ruled him out.
“I’ll be speaking to him later on this evening,” he told Setanta Sports. “It’s an injury that might clear up in time but we don’t want to be carrying a lot of players with injuries into the competition. We can afford to bring one or two, but not a lot.”
With O’Neill naming his final squad later tonight, it could open the door for another midfielder, with the likes of Reading’s Stephen Quinn, Darron Gibson of Everton and Arter’s clubmate Eunan O’Kane all possible replacements.
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