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Fabrice Muamba had no heartbeat for 78 minutes
Tobin added that the “early signs of recovery have continued.”
“I went to see Fabrice last night,” Tobin said Wednesday. “He said, ‘Hi, Doc.’ I asked him how he was and he said, ‘Fine.“’
Muamba was visited on Wednesday by former Arsenal teammate Thierry Henry, the New York Red Bulls striker who flew in from the United States. Muamba went from the Arsenal academy in 2002 to the first team in 2005 before leaving two years later for Birmingham. In 2008, he moved to Bolton.
The increasingly positive medical reports from London led to the Bolton team deciding it was the right time to return to playing football as they struggle to stay in the Premier League.
“We spoke together with the players as a group this morning and I talked with Fabrice’s family last night,” Bolton manager Owen Coyle said. “Fabrice’s father Marcel and his fiancée Shauna were keen that we fulfill our fixtures. Once the players knew this there was no doubt in our minds that we would play the matches.”
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