Fabrice Muamba is “showing small signs of improvement” according to a joint statement from Barts hospital and Bolton Wanderers.
Associated Press is also reporting that a friend says the midfielder is speaking again.
The midfielder remains in intensive care after suffering a cardiac arrest during Bolton’s FA Cup sixth-round tie at Tottenham on Saturday night, but the London chest hospital said that, while he is still in a critical condition, there are small reasons to be optimistic.
A Bolton statement reads, “His heart is now beating without the help of medication and he is also moving his arms and his legs.
“However, his long-term prognosis will remain unclear for some time. He is still critically ill and will continue to be closely monitored and treated by staff in the London chest hospital’s intensive care unit.”
It is now almost 48 hours since the 23-year-old collapsed during the Tottenham tie at White Hart Lane. Medical staff took two hours to get Muamba’s heart working again and said on Sunday that he would be anaesthetised for at least another 24 hours .
“We are all after the same objective: to see that lovely young man, who has such a fantastic smile. That’s what we want to see again,” said his manager, Owen Coyle, who has remained at the hospital with Muamba. “When you look through what he’s come through in his life already, he’s a natural fighter. Also, he’s a physically fit young man so I think those two things will be a source of help and encouragement.”
Muamba left his home in war-torn Congo in 1999 and was reunited with his father, who had fled five years earlier and sought asylum in Britain after becoming a target for rebels.
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