Dale Eve, the Bermuda goalkeeper, has been invited to train with Premier League side Bournemouth.

Steve Manning, the head of Bournemouth’s Goalkeeping Academy, said he is keen for the former Stoke City player to train with his club in the southern coast of England.

“I have spoken to Dale and said to him that he is more than welcome to train with us,” Manning said.

“We have invited him, not for an official trial, but to put him back in a professional environment and intensity of the training that professional goalkeepers work in.

“I’m looking forward to working with Dale and hopefully he will come back to Bournemouth and work with us and maybe then we can help him in furthering his career.”

Manning has run the rule over Eve at the youth clinic being run by Bournemouth’s Academy coaches at Goose Gosling Field this week.

“Dale has good stature and size for a goalkeeper and has great experience,” Manning said. “He’s been in a Premier League club so it would be silly for us not to have a look at him and see what his attributes are like.

“Technically he is very tidy and he is a great athlete. He has lovely athleticism about him.

“I haven’t seen him in a game so I cannot talk about him tactically, so that might be a learning curve for myself.

“But I think from what I have seen so far he has all the right physical attributes and lots of the right technical attributes. Obviously there’s always room for development.

“I think he’s got a lot of potential and it’s just a case of whether Dale has the mindset like any footballer to really strive on.”

Eve has been without a club since leaving Vanarama National League side Forest Green Rovers before the end of last season after growing frustrated at being on the sidelines.

“It’s been good [training with the Bournemouth coaches], it feels like being back in England, coming out every day doing goalkeeping training specifically,” Eve said. “It’s been something that I have needed.”

It has been a good week for Eve as he has finally received international clearance to play for Dandy Town, who are away to Boulevard in the Premier Division on Sunday.

“I’m buzzing and ready to go for Sunday,” Eve said. “I’m excited, the team is excited and it’s just a good feeling to finally be able to play after watching two losses where maybe I could have had an impact.”