David Brooks yana shiga kakar wasa ta sabon tare da mahimman abubuwa da yawa fiye da yawancin 'yan wasa. Ɗan wasan tsakiya na Bournemouth mai shekara 29 yana shirye-shirye don kamfen dinsa na farko a Turai a matakin kulob, haduwa mai yiyuwa da Cristiano Ronaldo a wasannin ƙasa da ƙasa, da kuma jin daɗin yau da kullum na kallon 'yarsa Lottie tana ɗaukar matakanta na farko a gida.

"Tana rarrafe yanzu kuma tana tsayawa. Nakan yi gudu idan na koma gida," Brooks ya gaya wa Feast of Football. "Abubuwa sun canza daga watanni biyu na farko bayan haihuwar ta inda kake tsoron yin kome. Ina jin daɗinsa sosai yanzu — tana da hali, don haka idan ka koma gida akwai jin daɗi a bayyane."

Yaƙin da ciwon daji da ya zama kamar wani rayuwa ne

Shekara biyar da suka wuce, an yi wa Brooks ganewar ciwon daji na Hodgkin lymphoma na matakin biyu. Ya sha jiyar chemotherapy, ya rasa fiye da kilo shida na nauyi, kuma ya rauni sosai har fitar daga gadо ta zama ƙalubale na yau da kullum. Watanni bakwai bayan ganewa, a watan Mayu 2022, ya bayyana cewa ya warke, kafin ya koma filin wasa a watan Maris 2023.

"Yana ji kamar wata rayuwa dabam ce," Brooks ya ce. "A cikin 'yan shekaru biyu da suka wuce, na dawo zuwa wuri da nake kafin wannan. Ina jin yadda ya kamata, kuma wani lokaci na manta cewa ya faru."

Fuskantar jarumin yara

Brooks ya yi wa Wales wasansa na farko a 2017 kuma yana iya samu kwallon kai ta 50 kafin ƙarshen shekara. Wales suna yin wasanni a Nations League A, tare da wasanni na gida da ƙasashen waje da Portugal, Denmark, da Norway. Tawagar Craig Bellamy za ta bude kamfen ɗinta da Portugal a Lisbon a ranar 24 ga Satumba — wani abu da ya faranta wa Brooks rai, wanda ya taso yana son Manchester United kuma ya girma yana son Ronaldo.

"Na sami riga ɗaya ko biyu nasa," Brooks ya ce. "Kasancewa kan wannan mataki da wanda zai yiwu ya zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun 'yan wasa a zamananmu — abu ne na al'ajabi. Babbar nasara ce a gare ni kai tsaye don in dawo kan wannan matsayi. Muna son nuna gwanintarmu mu tabbatar wa duniya cewa ba mu nan kawai don cike lambar, amma za mu iya yin gasa."

Wales suna ci gaba da jure takaicin rashin cancanta zuwa Kofin Duniya na wannan kaka, kuma Bellamy kansa ya kusan komawa Burnley. Amma Brooks ya ce sansanin yana mai da hankali ga gaba, tare da Euro 2028 a matsayin burin su na gaba.

Farkon tarihi na Bournemouth a Turai

Bournemouth sun cancanci gasar Turai a karon farko a tarihinsu bayan kammala matsayi na shida a Premier League. Sai dai, mai tsara wannan nasara, babban kocin Andoni Iraola, ya tafi tun daga lokacin — ya karɓi jagorancin Liverpool — tare da Marco Rose da aka sanya a matsayin maƙaiyinsa a Vitality Stadium.

"Sa'ad da Andoni ya gaya mana cewa yana tafiya mun ji kaɗan saboda mun yi kyau matuka a kakar da ta wuce," Brooks ya yarda. "Amma canje-canje suna faruwa. Da zarar wannan koci ya zo yana da kyakkyawar zuciya. Yana son ya san kowa kuma ya bayyana abin da yake so. Dukkanmu mun ji daɗin horarwa sosai."

Da ƙarfin kusan masu kallo 11,300, Vitality Stadium shi ne ƙaramin filin wasa a Premier League da fiye da kujeru 6,000, amma bayan samun lasisi na UEFA da ake buƙata, Bournemouth za su san abokan hamayyar su na Europa League lokacin da za a yi zaben a ranar 28 ga Agusta.

"Na dandana tafiye-tafiye tare da Wales, amma ban taɓa yin haka a matakin kulob ba," Brooks ya ce. "Ina matuƙar fatan waɗannan daren Turai da yadda za su iya zama na musamman."

Wasan buɗe kakar da Manchester City

Bournemouth za su buɗe kamfen ɗin Premier League a Manchester City ranar Lahadi. Brooks ya kuma faɗi abokin wasan tsohon Antoine Semenyo, wanda ya tafi a watan Janairu amma har yanzu yana cikin rukunin WhatsApp na kulob.

"Ba mu fitar da shi ba tukuna. Gaskiya, rabin mu a cikin wannan rukunin ba mu da Bournemouth yanzu," Brooks ya ce. "Ina fatan ba zan yi ta bin sawunsa ba da yawa. Ina fatan bai ci mana kwallo ba — kuma dukkanmu muna so ya yi kakar kyau — bayan wasan na farko ba shakka."