LEICESTER chairman Milan Mandaric insists that Clive Clarke is making progress is his recovery from a double heart failure after the defender “sat up and spoke” yesterday.

Leicester chairman Milan Mandaric insists that Clive Clarke is making progress is his recovery from a double heart failure after the defender “sat up and spoke” this afternoon.

Republic of Ireland defender Clive Clarke’s agent revealed “paramedics had to use a defibrillator” after the Leicester defender collapsed at half-time in the Carling Cup tie at Nottingham Forest.