Tom Lockyer says having a daughter has changed “everything for me” as his future on the pitch remains uncertain.

Luton Town captain, 29, Collapsed in the 59th minute of his team’s Premier League match against Bournemouth on December 16 as his father and his pregnant girlfriend looked on.

he is Equipped with implantable cardioverter defibrillator in December and told Sky Sports in February He’s “really dead” His heart stopped beating for two minutes and 40 seconds.

Speaking on The Rest Is Football podcast, the Wales international announced that he was now a father and “it’s honestly changed my world”.

“Having a completely different perspective on everything,” he said. “I’m doing a good job, she’s doing a good job, and that’s the most important thing.”

Lockyer also said that his first thought after the resurrection at Vitality Stadium was: “My wife is in the crowd, she is seven months pregnant, God knows how she feels”, “What will this do to the child” Does it have an impact?”

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The defender added: “It almost gave me a little bit of a different perspective: before me it was, ‘Football is the most important thing in the world, there’s nothing better than football… Football is the only important thing here’. “

“Then this little girl came along and changed everything for me.”

Lockyer did add on the podcast that he still wants to play football again, but said “ultimately we’re going to take the advice of the experts.”

Career ‘out of my control’

Gary Lineker has pointed out that experts have given the go-ahead for the Luton captain to return following his departure. Collapsed against Coventry City last Mayand ask if there is any doubt whether the alarm should be cleared again.

“That happened once after I gave my consent,” Lockyer said. “If it happens again, you know, that’s their responsibility, isn’t it?

“There’s no way – if there was any doubt, I don’t think they would let me play. If there was an opportunity to play again, I’d love it.

“I’ve spent my whole career trying to get to the top. I played non-league, second division, first division, Championship and finally the Premier League and had a taste of the good life… I just wanted more of it.

“Unfortunately, this is beyond my control and I will ultimately be guided by whatever they say.”