THERE was a new face amongst the Cherries players as they started their pre-season camp in Portugal yesterday – with goalkeeper Jonas Lossl pictured in training.

A one-time Danish international, Lossl has played almost 100 games in English football, but the 33-year-old is hardly a household name in this country.

Back in his native Denmark he achieved notoriety for becoming FC Midtjylland’s first academy graduate to sign a professional deal at the club.

Formed in 1999, Lossl is 10 years older than Midtylland, joining the club as a 15-year-old in 2004.

He remained there for 10 years, leaving for France and EA Guingamp in 2014, before making his return in 2021.

The 33-year-old is still currently contracted to Midtjylland until 2025, but it appears that he does not have a future with the Danish Superliga outfit.

Lossl spent the closing stages of last season on loan at Midtjylland’s sister club Brentford, making just three appearances as the Bees declined the opportunity to make the move permanent.

Brentford was Lossl’s third Premier League club, with the goalkeeper a first-team choice at Huddersfield prior to serving as a back-up at Everton during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 campaigns. In a year and a half at Goodison Park, the Dane made no appearances and was only named on the bench 27 times.

Whilst with the Toffees he was also loaned out back to Huddersfield, the club he enjoyed his most fruitful spell in England with.

Originally joining the Terriers on a loan deal from Bundesliga side Mainz 05, playing in all 38 of Huddersfield’s debut Premier League season.

He recorded 10 clean sheets and conceded 58 goals as the Yorkshire side avoided the drop and secured a second top-flight campaign.

It would be a torrid season for both Lossl and Huddersfield, with the Dane telling press after defeat to Cherries in March 2019 that he was “tired of losing”.

Goals from Callum Wilson and Ryan Fraser all but doomed the Terriers to relegation, leaving Lossl to pine for better days.

“Actually, I'm just tired of losing. I'm really tired of not winning more,” he claimed at the time.

“We've won one game in the last three months. It's not enough. It's not enough for anybody here. Not at the stadium, not for us.

“We're professionals. We train every day and work hard every day to win and we don't seem to be able to win and that's not good enough. It isn't, it's tough.”

Prior to his stint in England, Lossl experienced top-flight football with the aforementioned Mainz in Germany, as well as a spell in France with Ligue Une outfit EA Guingamp.

In total, Lossl has made a combined 114 top-flight appearances between his spells in Germany, France and England.