Norwich Keeper and Bournemouth winger diagnosed with cancer
- Adam Weightman
- Oct 20, 2021
- 1 min read

Recently Norwich keeper Dan Barden who is only age of 20. Has been diagnosed with testicular cancer. The Welshman is currently on loan at Scottish Premiership side Livingston and will be taking a break from football. The Norwich young talent stated "The initial diagnosis was a real shock for me, but the positive thing is that we've caught it early." And the young talent from Bournemouth David Brooks was diagnosed with stage two Hodgkin lymphoma.
The 24-year-old joined the Cherries from Sheffield United in 2018 and was part of the Wales squad at Euro 2020. Brooks has made nine appearances for Bournemouth in all competitions this season and withdrew from Wales’ October World Cup qualifiers through illness. The player has now announced that he has cancer of the lymphatic system and will be starting treatment soon. “This is a very difficult message for me to write,” Brooks said in a statement. “I have been diagnosed with Stage II Hodgkin Lymphoma and will begin a course of treatment next week.
Both players thanked their individual clubs for all their support over this tough period and all our thoughts and feeling got to the players and wish them, a speedy recovery
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