Bournemouth winger David Brooks admits the suspension of football dampened his return from injury.

The exciting Wales international has not kicked a ball this season, after suffering an ankle ligament injury during a pre-season friendly at Brentford last July.

He told talkSPORT: "The season ended abruptly and I was just starting to integrate back into the team.

"I was in and around training and trying to get up to match speed. It's put a bit of a dampener on where I was at.

"I can't train anymore. I can do a bit of running but I need to be getting back up to football levels.

"Kicking a football helps you get up to the standard before starting to play again – and I can't really do that at the minute."