Bournemouth’s David Brooks was just getting back into the flow of training after two ankle operations and eight months of watching from the stands when football was banned for three months owing to the coronavirus outbreak.
“It was a little bit disappointing,” he admitted in an exclusive interview with Sky Sports before of Bournemouth’s game against Newcastle on Wednesday (kick-off 6pm).
“I was just getting into training and hopefully playing, then it got put back and I ended up running again for nine or 10 weeks. Obviously that’s not an ideal situation for a footballer to be running around and not playing football, but I got the work done.
“I hadn’t been training for that long so I don’t think I had gotten used to it and had to go back, it was more about being excited to go back into training and when that stopped, it wasn’t the best feeling but thankfully, it wasn’t too long.”
The injury followed a breakout season for Brooks at Bournemouth. He made 30 Premier League appearances and scored seven goals, earning himself a nomination for PFA Young Player of the Year alongside Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva and Marcus Rashford.
