David Brooks, the example of the improvement he once again enjoyed in the Premier

On October 13, 2021, David Brooks, a Bournemouth midfielder, has been diagnosed with grade 2 Hodgkin’s lymphoma. At the age of 24, the Wales international’s career came to an abrupt halt. “I hope I can return to football as soon as possible,” said the player, who two years after the diagnosis, is experiencing the best football moment of his life.

Brooks scored a few days ago against Swansea, in the League Cup, his first goal since overcoming illness and, since then, he has scored two more goals, in the Premier League against Brentford, and in the Nations League against in Latvia. After overcoming one of the most difficult moments of his life, Brooks enjoyed the field again and living the happiest phase of the journey that began in October two years ago.

During a concentration in Wales, Brooks found himself unwell, which led doctors to perform tests that revealed the problem: Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer that attacks the lymphatic system and the other athlete, as in the case of the Spanish tennis player. Carla Suarez. The Canarian suffered the same illness in September 2020 and in May 2021, now recovered, he returned to the circuit.

Carla Suárez, a mirror

It was a good reflection for young Brooks, who said the prognosis is positive and that he is confident of making a full recovery and returning to play as soon as possible.

Of course, in your case, the recovery and The return to professional football took longer than Carla. In May 2022 he received word that he had recovered and then began the process of returning to the field of play. A long journey that never ends until March of this year, when Brooks was able to play some minutes against Aston Villa in the Premier League. 535 days have passed since their last official meeting.

“I worked hard from the moment they told me I was cured. I think because we were well classified, it was less pressure to put on myself and for me to come back almost two years later,” said of Brooks, who began occasionally appearing in the team’s lineups. Bournemouth.

The details of Andoni Iraola

His participation increased and, after the preseason, in which he scored three goals, Andoni Iraola He started him on his league debut and was given the captain’s armband in the cup match against Swansea, the night he played 81 minutes and scored his first goal in two years.

“This is the most I’ve been on the field in the last two years,” Brooks explained. “I was a little surprised to be the captain. Even I didn’t know until three hours or so before the game,” he added.

To end a few weeks of dreaming, Brooks came off the bench for his team, Wales, against Latvia, and scored the ball in the last minute to make it 0-2.

“It has been three very long years to get here. And this, with all the support from the fans, means a lot. field , it’s very special,” said Brooks, the ‘cherrie’, who overcame cancer.