[New post] David Brooks starts for Bournemouth Under-21s as he continues inspirational recovery from cancer after signing new long-term deal with the Cherries

Connor Andrews posted: " David Brooks started for Bournemouth's U21s as he continues his recovery from cancer. The 25-year-old Welshman lined up for a 2-0 friendly loss to Brentford, completing an inspiring turnaround after being diagnosed with stage two Hodgkin lymph" talkSPORT David Brooks starts for Bournemouth Under-21s as he continues inspirational recovery from cancer after signing new long-term deal with the Cherries Connor Andrews Aug 31 David Brooks started for Bournemouth's U21s as he continues his recovery from cancer. The 25-year-old Welshman lined up for a 2-0 friendly loss to Brentford, completing an inspiring turnaround after being diagnosed with stage two Hodgkin lymphoma in October 2021. Brooks has returned to training and has had his first taste of match action since his diagnosis And recently penned a contract extension Brooks revealed the amazing news that he was cancer-free in May, raising hopes that he could soon be seen again playing for the Cherries and also Wales. The skilful midfielder had recently returned to full training for Bournemouth and on Wednesday the club announced he would feature in the development clash. The no.7 in fact started the game, a week on from signing a contract extension that will keep him on the south coast until 2026. Speaking to the club's website, he said: "I'm so pleased to have signed this deal and looking forward to the next few years with this great club. "Of course, the last year has been extremely difficult for myself, my family and friends, but I'm now in a position to resume my career - and getting this deal over the line is the icing on the cake." Scott Parker, who has now departed as Cherries boss, had earlier offered an update on the midfielder saying there was no rush to get him back on the pitch. Another step in the right direction David Brooks will feature for our under-21s today at Brentford as he continues his recovery. Best of luck to @DRBrooks15 and the rest of the lads pic.twitter.com/jYS22sLHAs — AFC Bournemouth (@afcbournemouth) August 31, 2022 "He is progressing really well," Parker said on August 13. "Probably in the next ten days, maybe [he] will start integrating a little bit with us, again modified, so not actually training but will be doing little bits with the team and start progressing and pushing forward. "Probably the last week to ten days has been his biggest volume of work in terms of really pushing on a little bit now. "We treaded carefully before and there were a lot of factors involved in that, in terms of markers and seeing how he responds to the physical work, albeit that work was light. "We have probably come through that a little bit now, and now we are at the stage where we are going a little bit more in terms of trying to get him up to speed and fit to play football matches. "He is doing really well with that. Fingers crossed that keeps moving in the right direction and he's getting closer." Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from talkSPORT. Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://talksport.com/?p=1183441 Powered by Jetpack