MIRACLE man Fabrice Muamba is being lined-up for an emotional return to Wanderers.

The former Premier League and England Under-21s star has been speaking to the club about a coaching role in the academy next season.

Muamba has already worked in a coaching capacity with Rochdale’s Under-16s and is also underway with his coaching badges.

He will continue his studies whilst working with players at the Lostock Academy from Under-9s and upwards, in what is an incredible return to Wanderers a decade after he was forced to hang up his boots.

The 33-year-old had to end his playing career prematurely after collapsing during an FA Cup quarter-final at Tottenham in 2012.

A massive heart attack left Muamba needing 15 defibrillator shocks to restart his heart, and Dr Jonathan Tobin – one of the medical staff who helped treat him on the pitch – said he was “in effect, dead, for 78 minutes.”

That Muamba survived was down to the swift response of the professionals and the input of Dr Andrew Deaner, who had been watching the game as a supporter before making his way on to the pitch to co-ordinate the resuscitation effort.

Muamba made an incredible recovery but was forced to call time on his playing career at Wanderers, having made 130 appearances for the club.

The 10-year anniversary of the incident falls on Thursday – and speaking in an interview with The Sun, Muamba said he owed something to Bolton and the club’s fans for their support.

“Now is a great time. It’s been a while and I’ve wanted to get back in and make a contribution to the football club,” he said.

“It’ll be nice to help them. I feel I owe them one, I owe the people of Bolton. There’s an unfinished story there.”

“I’m lucky to even still be here. Every day for the last ten years has been a blessing.

“To be back on the grass, kicking a ball at Bolton Wanderers, coaching in their academy, the club I was playing for when they brought me back round, feels fitting. I’m so happy.

“My dream is to one day manage, to be manager of Bolton and take them back to Tottenham, where I had my accident. Wow, that would be written in the stars.”