A Premier League player who suffered an onfield cardiac arrest earlier this season says he is "at peace" with the prospect of having to retire from the sport.

Tom Lockyer says he is “at peace” with the prospect of not playing football again but insists he has not ruled out a return to the pitch.

Lockyer was fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator after spending five days in hospital, and said in February that he “literally died”. “I’ve made no secret saying I would love to return to football,

Tom Lockyer, a Premier League player who had an on-field cardiac arrest earlier this season, says he feels calm about the possibility of having to retire from soccer. Lockyer, the captain of Luton, had a defibrillator implanted after collapsing during a match against Bournemouth in December.