Sutton United boss Paul Doswell is calling on all non-League clubs to stump up the cash to provide players with ECGs after Jessy Reindorf collapsed during training.

The Rwandan striker made a full recovery after his ECG at Southampton General Hospital found no heart abnormalities.

However, Doswell was so shaken by the drama, which he compared to the fate that befell Farbrice Muamba in 2012, that he wants clubs to help prevent what he thought was happening to his striker.

He said: “Jessy was feeling unwell and then just collapsed, just like that. When the medical staff could find not a pulse on his wrist we feared the worst – it was scary as hell.

“In the end, Jessy was lucky that his heart was given the all clear and he is eager to be back in training, but if it had been what we all feared, who knows where we’d be now?”

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Met Police striker Tobi Alabi collapsed on the pitch with a heart problem last year, and it ended his playing career aged 19.

It came 18 months after the high-profile case of Muamba, who was playing for Bolton Wanderers at Tottenham Hotspur live on Sky Sports when he collapsed due to a cardiac arrest.

While both Alabi and Muamba survived their ordeals, Cameroon international Marc-Vivien Foe collapsed while playing in the 2003 Fifa Confederations Cup, and later died.

Doswell added: “When Jessy collapsed, all we could think of was the likes of Muamba and Foe - it's so shocking.

"The ECG costs around £200, what price is that to make sure your players are safe?

“It is compulsory at higher levels in football and rugby, but heart problems in athletes don’t stop when you enter non-League.

"People talk about the importance of winning games and being high up the table, but this kind of thing really puts that into perspective.”

The full dramatic story to come.