• Second Kirian Rodríguez, from UD Las Palmas, reveals that he has cancer: "I have Hodgkin's lymphoma"

The UD Las Palmas footballer Kirian Rodríguez has announced this Thursday that he

has overcome the Hodgkin lymphoma that he was diagnosed with five months ago

, and already has a medical discharge to lead a "normal life", for which he will recover his professional file with the number 20 of the island team.

The player from Tenerife has appeared before the news media

163 days after reporting that he was suffering from the aforementioned disease

, against which he has maintained a positive attitude, to state that the doctors

have already released him and the club will return his professional license as one more of the template

.

In a brief ceremony in which his teammates were present, as well as the coaching staff and the club's president, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, the player said that "there are no words of gratitude to the medical services, to all my teammates, that they did not abandon me at any time, and my family" for the treatment they have given him since last August.

Adaptation process

"

The doctors have told me that I can return to a normal, working and social life,

to see if they let me leave the house for a bit," he joked, "and I'm very happy about it. I hope to carry out an adaptation process to get in shape , because these people go on a motorcycle -referring to their teammates-, and I hope to be there as soon as possible to be able to contribute both on the pitch and off it", the player said in his emotional statement, without answering any questions.

Kirian, 26, took the first step

on December 29 by rejoining group work, with partial tasks, in the yellow team's return to training after the Christmas break

, and just two weeks later the player announced the most anticipated news

The UD Las Palmas coach, Xavi García Pimienta, said at the press conference prior to next Saturday's game in Ibiza that they are not going to put "any kind of pressure" on Kirian, and that his "day to day" will indicate when will he be able to reappear on the pitch:

"We are not going to set any date, putting pressure on him would be wrong, and hopefully he will be soon

."

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