Gavin Kilkenny opens up about what he would like next season following Bournemouth’s promotion

Gavin Kilkenny started the season as a key part of Bournemouth’s team having a part to play in their early success during this campaign. 

However as the season progressed, the 22-year-old started to fall out of favour and ended the season with just 18 appearances under his belt – his feature on the final day of the season being his first since December.

With the likes of Lewis Cook, Todd Cantwell and Jefferson Lerma also in the side, the midfielder was forced to watch from the sidelines and although a loan move to Blackpool in January was thought to be close, it didn’t happen meaning his game time was limited.

Now the Cherries have achieved promotion to the top flight, the young player looks likely to move further down the pecking order and the player feels a loan move may be the way forward as he admitted to the Irish Examiner (via Daily Echo): “Ultimately you have to be realistic.

“With Bournemouth going into the Premier League, a lot of people are asking if I’m going on loan and that’s probably what I’m thinking now.

“I tried to go previously but they wouldn’t let me. Maybe they were right because I’ve seen a lot of loans not work out.

“It can be tough going on loan but I’ve two years left on my contract and, at 22, I’m at an age where a loan would be good for me.

“Even if it’s a case of going away for a year or six months, coming back and then playing, that’s an ideal situation.”

Reflecting on his side’s promotion, Kilkenny felt proud of his achievements but would’ve liked to have played a bigger part as he said: “There was great excitement on the last few days with the promotion.

“I hadn’t played too many games up until then, so obviously it was brilliant and there was a sense of frustration that I probably wasn’t