30-05-2025
Ex-Ireland international makes temporary Bournemouth return after Dubai spell
Former Ireland international Harry Arter will make his return to Bournemouth colours this summer.
The 35-year-old was most recently spotted playing in the UAE with Second Division team Precision FC, a side that also included former Manchester United and West Ham prospect Ravel Morrison.
Speaking in an interview last January with the Dubai-based side, Arter described his time at Bournemouth as his career highlight.
Having spent his first three seasons there in League One, and the next two in the Championship, he helped them win promotion to the Premier League.
Arter made a total of 69 appearances in the top-flight with Bournemouth, and another 25 while on loan at Cardiff City.
'My career highlight is getting promoted with Bournemouth to the Premier League,' he said last January.
'It was an incredible rise for the club and, as a group of players, we were kind of mirroring the club's journey.
'We had setbacks as young players and three or four years previous to that the club nearly went out of business, so it was a real good time for the club and for us as individuals.'
Arter will be back in Cherries colours in June when a legends team travels to North Carolina to take part in The Soccer Tournament (June 4-9).
Arter will join Dan Gosling, Charlie Daniels, Lewis Grabban and Junior Stanislas, among others.
The 19-time capped former Ireland midfielder left Bournemouth in 2020 for Nottingham Forest, but after his first season at the club he was told that he could leave.
However, Forest's promotion to the Premier League meant a contract extension until June of last year was triggered.
After loan spells at Charlton and Notts County, he left last summer and joined Precision.
