Gary O’Neil
Interim boss Gary O’Neil insisted summer signing Marcos Senesi was “training well” in the background at Cherries and added: “We’ll be working hard with him.” The 25-year-old, who joined from Feyenoord last month for a reported £12.6million, featured in the club’s heavy defeats against big guns Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool. Scott Parker was then sacked following the defeat to the Reds – with Senesi an unused substitute in games against Wolves and Nottingham Forest taken by O’Neil. Senesi, an Argentina international, arrived on the south coast having played 90 minutes in the inaugural Europa Conference League final last season. Asked what it was like as a coach to help Senesi adapt to the Premier League,
Gary O’Neil said: “I don’t think you can look into it too much as in he’s in and around the squad, he’s training well, he’s working hard, as are all the other boys. Sometimes when you come from playing in another country, there is some time that you need to adapt. The tough results that he was involved in were just one of those things. You’re playing against top sides. I don’t think there was any real fault of Marcos attached to it, I think it was just one of those where it was a group thing. We’ll be working hard with him to make sure that, when needed, he can help us.”
Senesi will hope to be involved when Cherries make the trip to face Eddie Howe’s Newcastle United on Saturday (3pm).
