Tino Livramento has discovered his return date after making a successful return from a knee injury suffered back in September.

So far Livramento has missed 10 games after falling awkwardly on his knee in the 2-1 loss to Arsenal last month. Since then he underwent rehab after it emerged he'd suffered knee ligament damage.

Eddie Howe has been forced to play Dan Burn at left-back, and with Livramento's injury compounded by Lewis Hall's hamstring trouble, the head coach has been down to the bare bones in the full-back department.

Speaking about Livramento's return date, Howe said today: "I'd say he is still on track. It will be after the two-week international break.

"I don't think we can bring that forward two weeks. You are looking at the Man City game for him as a pencilled-in date. Hopefully, he can be available for that.

"He is doing well, really good, and there are no adverse reactions to his injuries."

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