Middlesbrough star Sol Bamba has described himself as "lucky" after winning his battle with cancer.
The former Cote d’Ivoire international was out of action for eight months following his chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
After overcoming the health challenge, he was handed a one-year contract by Boro as a player-coach.
The 36-year-old has featured in four league matches for Neil Warnock’s men in the 2021-22 campaign, and when if he still feels hurt by his cancer setback, he said: "I'm someone just moving forward all the time and thinking ahead," Bamba told BBC Tees Sport.