"But I'm delighted to say I've been cleared to play football again so obviously that's amazing, just everything I've worked for ever since it [the cardiac arrest] happened. Everything looks good so I'm really, really happy."
"That's probably pretty exciting for Wales fans because he doesn't think he's the finished article, and he says there's still a lot to improve on and learn."
"It's been a long old road, it really has,"
Tom Lockyer, 30, has been medically cleared to resume playing after suffering a cardiac arrest during Luton Town's Premier League match at Bournemouth on 16 December 2023. He previously collapsed during the Championship play-off final seven months earlier and required two ankle surgeries in the past year. Lockyer has not played competitively since the December incident and is currently without a club after Luton declined to renew his contract following relegation. Luton continued to provide rehabilitation facilities and medical support. Lockyer has 16 Wales caps, last appearing in November 2023, and praised new Wales head coach Craig Bellamy.
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