Eddie Howe has confirmed that Sven Botman is set to undergo knee surgery and will be sidelined for eight weeks, but the news on Alexander Isak is far more positive.
Mail Sport revealed on Wednesday that Botman needed an operation and would miss the Carabao Cup final against Liverpool on March 16.
The good news for the defender is that the problem is in the opposite knee to the ACL injury that kept him out for 10 months before his comeback in January.
The 25-year-old appeared five times before picking up a knock in the 2-0 Carabao Cup semi-final win over Arsenal a month ago.