Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba has been wished a full recovery by Town duo Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and Alex McCarthy. Emmanuel-Thomas played with the 23-year-old, who collapsed during his side’s FA Cup tie against Spurs on Saturday, during their time at Arsenal, while McCarthy was a team-mate with England’s U21s.

A statement from Bolton this afternoon says the ex-Birmingham man is showing "small signs of improvement".

Emmanuel-Thomas told the club site: "I was first made aware of Fab's injury after seeing a load of tweets about him on my twitter feed.

“I flicked over to the game and saw all the commotion and people really traumatised by everything. It was shocking to see someone you know in that situation and I just hope he can pull through and I wish him all the best."

McCarthy added: "I came in from our game on Saturday and put the Tottenham match on, and straight away it was clear that something terrible had happened.

"At the time I didn't know it was Fab but I was devastated when I heard the full story on Sky and my thoughts go out to him at this time.

"It's hard to imagine something like this happening to him, as he's one of the fittest players I've ever come across. It's an awful thing to happen and I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that he can come through this and make a speedy recovery."

The club has also sent a message of support to Muamba, who is currently in a critical condition at the London Chest Hospital in Bethnal Green.

A Bolton statement this afternoon says the midfielder is “showing small signs of improvement” and that "his heart is now beating without the help of medication and he is also moving his arms and legs."

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Big_Foot_Blue added 16:10 - Mar 19 Small signs of improvement is good to hear, all the best for the rest of your recovery Mr Muamba
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Ipswich24 added 16:22 - Mar 19 All the best Fabrice we all hope you can make full recovery.
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SuperReuser added 16:30 - Mar 19 good lads! the support for Muamba is incredible. Hope he pulls through this... news today is all positive!
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jas0999 added 17:13 - Mar 19 Puts football into perspective really. Wishing him a speedy recovery.
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kerryblue added 14:48 - Mar 20 My brother died this way last April,the checks that are been done on players who are worth millions are not good enough,I spent one week in hospital last year having all these checks after having a heart attack to be told that they couldnt find anything significant wrong,six months later after more tests my cardiologist eventually said he would do an angiogramme,on him doing this he then discovered that I had three blocked arteries and needed emergency surgery.I was lucky my brother unfortunatly wasnt and it is living proof that the only heart test that gives a definate result is an angiogramme.

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07bradleyc added 10:51 - Mar 21 Round of applause on Wednesday night for him I hope. Get well soon Muamba!
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