Bournemouth to rotate squad for Carabao Cup tie with Aston Villa

Marco Rose will rotate players in Bournemouth’s Carabao Cup clash with Aston Villa but vowed never to throw a match away just to be fresh for the weekend.

The Cherries followed up Thursday’s famous 3-0 Europa League victory against AC Milan with a win by the same scoreline at Manchester United as the club juggles domestic and continental action for the first time in their history.

Experienced coach Rose says Bournemouth “need to get used” to the exertions and will freshen things up on Wednesday when Villa head to the Vitality Stadium seeking a place in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.

“I feel the squad right now is in a really, really good spot because I have players on the bench that deserve to play,” the head coach said with a Premier League meeting with Leeds following on Saturday.

“Of course we’re going to see another team on Wednesday at home against Villa, but we’re going to have a competitive team. That’s for sure.

“I just do (the changes) if you deserve it. I never will throw a game away just to be fresh on the weekend. I want to win every game, and we want to be competitive in in every competition, so you have to deserve it.”

Bafode Diakite, Julio Soler, David Brooks, Alvaro Rodriguez and Amine Adli could all start on Wednesday, but burgeoning talent Junior Kroupi will not after making his long-awaited return from a foot injury as a substitute at United.

Bournemouth boss Rose said: “No (he will not start), because as you could see Junior needs some more training and to respond better on the load but he was out for several months.

“We’re going to train hard and we’re going to improve his match time and everyone in the club, our fans and the players and the technical staff, is really happy to have this guy back. “