The forward played the first half for Alan Connell’s side against QPR, as he continues his recovery from an ACL tear and surgery at the start of the year.
Andoni Iraola confirmed Unal is training normally with the Cherries first team, and now must build up his form to force his way into the team.
“It's a big boost,” Iraola said when asked about Unal’s performance in the development squad.
“It's a big boost for him personally and most importantly, I think has been a long process for him. At the end we are talking about nine months.
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“But I see him in a very good mood now. He sees now that he can train with the teammates normally.
“We are treating him now like a normal player in the sense that we are not limiting minutes in training and he's one more.
“And I think even you can feel in the teammates because they've seen how much it has taken Enes and how much he has worked not to be again here.
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“So I think collectively also it’s nice. And even when he scores in a training drill or whatever, everyone I think is okay, he's here again, it’s good.”
Asked what the next steps for the striker are, Iraola said: “With Enes now it's about winning the form, winning the rhythm of the teammates.
“I think from the injury side, everyone is confident we are training him this week has trained normally.
“He played 45 minutes and from there he has trained normally. Now it's a matter of winning the form, winning the training.
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“There is now a difference from his teammates to his form level and it's something natural. Like it happens, especially with long injuries.
“But we are not aware or worried about the injury, it's about when we see him ready to play.”
Asked if he could get a place on the bench while he continues to build form, Iraola said: “I think he could be an option.
“The problem for me is that I have a lot of players and the bench is not that cheap. You know, I have more than 20, definitely.
“And everyone is fighting and training and if they don't start to be on the bench and be an option.
“So now it's a matter of me taking the decision now because we have more than 20 players training and like I suppose happens with Forest, happens with a lot of teams.
“Now it's a matter of competition to earn the right to play the minutes.”