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Manchester Evening News
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John McDougall

Fabrice Muamba sets Tottenham Hotspur aim as Bolton Wanderers youth coaching career set to begin

Retired Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba is poised to return to his old club in a coaching role in the academy and has grand ambitions to one day manage the Whites.

The 33-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch at White Hart Lane during an FA Cup quarter-final against Tottenham Hotspur while playing for Wanderers.

Muamba dropped to the ground after his heart stopped on March 17, 2012. It took medics an excruciating 78 minutes to resuscitate the then-23-year-old.

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