A few minutes after the interruption of the meeting between Bournemouth and Luton, the Hatters club wanted to provide news of its Welsh captain, Tom Lockyer, who fell ill and was taken to hospital: “We hope and pray for our leader and captain Tom Lockyer, who thankfully is responsive and was taken to hospital. We don’t know the full extent of what happened or what the next steps are at this stage, but we thank Bournemouth and the medical staff on both sides for their immediate response, which was absolutely incredible. (…) Now is the time for all our players, staff and supporters to come together as we always do and show our love and support to Tom and his family. Our thoughts are with him and with them all”we can read in the press release.
As a reminder, the match counting for the 17th day of the Premier League was stopped by the match referee, Mr Simon Hooper, who decided to send the two teams to the locker room: “We are sorry to all the fans present that the players from both teams were not in the right frame of mind to continue the match after seeing their beloved teammate and friend leave like this, and that the staff did not could not continue to manage the match. such circumstances having had to face the situation. We thank everyone for the wonderful applause and chanting of Locks’ name inside the stadium at such a difficult time.”it is written in the rest of the published missive.
