Football clubs to review medical procedures

FOOTBALL clubs are to review their medical procedures following the collapse of Fabrice Muamba on the pitch at White Hart Lane following a cardiac arrest.

The 23-year-old remains in a serious condition in intensive care, but began breathing independently again and speaking on Monday, two days after Bolton’s FA Cup quarter-final at Tottenham.

However, English Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said it is important to see what lessons can be learned to better protect players in future.

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“Incidents and events shape policy, shape developments, shape progress,” he said.

“What we will certainly be doing is looking at every aspect of what happened and if there are ways and means of improving, if there are ways and means of making it better in the future - just like we did in 2006-07 following the Petr Cech incident - we will do everything we can to make sure we reduce to the point of elimination, if we possibly can, things like that.

“There are no guarantees but we will do whatever we can to improve.”

He added: “It’s been a difficult three days for everybody involved in the game, particularly those closest to Fabrice.

“The whole of the last three days, we’ve played out lots of scenarios, clearly.

“Let’s hope, God willing, that the progress he’s making continues to be made and that he makes as decent a recovery as he can.”