The "collapsing ghost" at White Hart Lane

Bafetimbi Gomis lies face down on the pitch after collapsing during Swansea's game with Tottenham. BPI photo

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The game between Spurs and Swansea at White Hart Lane quickly became very secondary to the worrying scenes involving Bafetimbi Gomis' collapse

"I was busy trying to concentrate on my uni work, that takes priority nowadays, but I heard about Gomis through social media,"

"You are not sure of the full details but you can put two and two together and then it came out that he collapsed when no one was around him and, when I saw that it was White Hart Lane, I thought, 'Oh no, not that place again' Says Former Bolton star Fabrice Muamba who collapsed at the same pitch in 2012.

Muamba suffered a cardiac arrest while playing for Bolton in an FA Cup quarterfinal at Tottenham's home ground in March 2012, and his heart stopped for 78 minutes.

The game between Spurs and Swansea at White Hart Lane quickly became very secondary to the worrying scenes involving Bafetimbi Gomis' collapse.

State of emergency: Muamba on the pitch at White Hart Lane in 2012. AFP photo

They brought back memories of Fabrice Muamba's collapse on the pitch almost exactly three years ago. This time, seconds after Nacer Chadli had opened the scoring on six minutes, the entire stadium was left horrified as the Swansea man collapsed.

The striker went down - at almost exactly the same spot as Muamba - under no contact from any other player as the two teams prepared to restart the match

It transpires the French striker (Gomis) has a worrying history of collapsing. He has done so three times between July and October 2009.Two of those three came in the space of a week, including while on international duty with the French squad

Gomis' past collapsing history

Gomis has a history of fainting and can be seen here collapsing during France national team training in 2009


AUGUST 2, 2009 - LYON 2-2 DEPORTIVO
WHAT HAPPENED?
In one of his first games for Lyon, Gomis both scores and faints in a pre-season friendly. However his new club are not overly concerned.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
Club doctor Emmanuel Ohrant said: ‘Since 14-years-old, Bafe has been the subject of such vasovagal episodes, comparable to a drop in blood pressure. At St Etienne, he used to faint. We got his whole medical file, and I can testify very exhaustive medical examinations have been

OCTOBER 7, 2009 - FRANCE TRAINING
WHAT HAPPENED?
After meeting up with the French squad, a training session was dramatically halted after Gomis collapsed to the ground.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
Gomis regained consciousness within a matter of minutes. Incredibly, after just 15 minutes on the sidelines, the striker was able to re-join his team-mates for training.

AUGUST 7 2010 - LYON 0-0 MONACO
WHAT HAPPENED?
Gomis collapsed early in Lyon’s Ligue 1 home game against Monaco, just metres away from the home dugout. The striker was seen on the ground with his eyes rolled back before club doctor Emmanuel Orhant intervened.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
However, Gomis quickly regained consciousness and continued playing until he was subbed off in the 76th minute. He later said: ‘I had an [incident] early in the game. I often do early in the season. I have immediately felt good after that. I think it was related to stress.'

Sources: Daily Mail and Mirror