Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe is disappointed he will be without a number of players for their Premier League game against Hull on Saturday.
The Cherries squad was reduced to around '13 to 14 players' for training whilst members of the squad, including Brad Smith, Joshua King, Max Gradel, Lewis Cook and Nathan Ake, linked up with their countries for the international break.
Howe admitted in the pre-match press conference that there were a few players who had come back with injuries but concedes it is part of playing such a high standard of football.
He said: 'It's been a difficult few weeks; we have a few people returned from international duty with injuries which is disappointing, but I am not going to name names.