Dubliner Clarke ‘doing better’ after heart scare

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.

Dubliner Clarke, who is on a three-month loan spell at the Walkers Stadium from Sunderland, collapsed at half-time in Tuesday night’s Carling Cup clash at Nottingham Forest just hours after the death of Sevilla defender Antonio Puerta who suffered a cardiac arrest whilst in action against Getafe on Saturday.

The second round tie was abandoned after the 27-year-old had lost consciousness in the dressing room.