Bournemouth must 'get someone else in the next 20 days'

The injury to striker Evanlison is a "big blow" and Bournemouth must "go and get someone else" in the January transfer window, says former Cherries defender Joe Partington.

Evanilson has had surgery on a broken bone in his foot, with no timescale yet put on his return.

"People had a few question marks over Evanilson at the start of the season when his performances were good but it didn't look like he would necessarily be that goalscorer that they needed and had lost with Dominic Solanke's move to Spurs," Partington told BBC Radio Solent's Cherries: Unpicked podcast.

"He has surpassed everyone's assumptions of what he was capable of and now he's a very important part of that front four, which is so important to Bournemouth's success at the moment.

"It's an opportunity for someone to come in to the team and do well but he's one of the best players so it will be tough to replace him.

"You're looking at two months out minimum and then beyond that he's got to get back up to the speed he has been playing at, which is even more difficult. Then it's the latter stages of the season too. It's going to be really difficult for him to have that same impact on the team.

"Bournemouth's best Premier League teams have always been as successful as their number nine.

"What they need to do in the next 20 days or so is to go and get someone else."

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