Bournemouth boss Marco Rose has been speaking to the media before Thursday's Europa League game against Sparta Prague at epet ARENA (17:45 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Rose provided an update on midfielder Alex Toth's fitness as he has not featured since injuring his hamstring in the Europa League win over AC Milan, stating: "He had his surgery yesterday. Everything went well. We will not see him before next year. We will miss him for several months."

• On defender Juanlu, who limped out of a development game on Monday: "He twisted in the game with the under-21s. He has an ankle injury. We assess and see how we're going to do it and how long he needs."

• Asked if he will he consider rotating heavily for Thursday's game, Rose said: "We're going to travel tomorrow night and then travel on Friday to Ipswich. We have another Premier League game, very important game, and so far everyone who has been able to play has got momentum. Every player is in a good position and tomorrow we will use our squad. "

• On the challenge posed by Sparta: "It's a good team. They like to have possession and play football but on the other side they are very man-orientated in pressing. We have to find solutions but we are focused on our game. If we do it in the right way we have the chance to win the game."

• More on Thursday's opponents: "We watched their games, they have a clear idea, you can see the idea of the coach. It is mainly 4-3-3 and sometimes against Olympiacos they changed approach a bit and built up a bit with three and brought the full-back inside. They have a tall striker, good wingers for one-v-one and arrive with three, four players to score. "

• Asked if he has ever previously been on the verge of keeping seven consecutive clean sheets in management, Rose said: "I'm sure not. But we are talking too much about the clean sheets. I am happy we won the games, that is the most important thing. If we get a record like this we take it but if we win the game 2-1 I am happy with this as well."

• Rose confirmed Junior Kroupi will be added back into his European squad after this match: "We communicated it very clear when we decided to do it like we do it now. We said Junior is injured more than 60 days and we said if Junior is back we are going to have Premier League games and cup games. We made the decision to change him after four games in the European so after the next game he will be available."

• On the travelling Cherries fans enjoying their trip to the Czech Republic: "Prague is a really really nice town. My home town is two hours from here. It is a really beautiful town, you can see a lot of cultural things, and maybe the night life as well. You have good breweries and enjoy your time and be ready for the game tomorrow. We want to present them a win tomorrow."