Achieving Champions League would be 'something special' - Brooks
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Bournemouth winger David Brooks says he "never thought" the club could be in with a chance of Champions League football but it would be "something special" if they achieved it.
With three games to go, Andoni Iraola's side sit in sixth place in the Premier League - six points behind Aston Villa, who occupy the last Champions League spot.
However, if Villa win the Europa League final and finish fifth, the Champions League place will go to whoever finishes sixth.
Speaking to BBC Radio Solent, Brooks said: "It's obviously an amazing opportunity. I don't think when I joined the club seven years ago, you'd think that we'd be sat here talking about potential Champions League. It is close, but it's almost so far away at the same time, so we've got three massive games against three very good sides.
"It's not like there's any easy games in the Premier League, so I feel like we could win all three, but you can quite as easily lose all three. So it's one of them where we need to be completely focused and pick up points where we can and see where it takes us."
When the Wales international first joined Bournemouth in 2018, the goals were "just to get as many points and see where we end up. But the main focus was to stay in the league and to push on to be a mid-table team and be a very Premier League-established team, which has kind of happened at this point now".
Brooks was asked about what fighting for European football means for him. He responded: "I think I've said in an interview when I first joined, I want to play at the highest level possible. The kind of career that I've had and path that I've had to take is one that maybe you don't feel like you're going to get there, to say European nights.
"I've been very blessed with Wales to compete on some very good stages, so to be able to do that with Bournemouth, I feel like it'd be a real good achievement. After the story I've had, to top it off with that would be something special."
Bournemouth are unbeaten in 15 Premier League games and Brooks said: "It's the dreams that keep you nice and fresh and when you're looking at European football, it gives you an extra boost.
"If you've not got anything to fight for at this point in the season, then your performances can drop a little bit and there's no real consequences. Every time we step on the pitch we know there's something special we can achieve. It does give you a little boost."
