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David Ginola ‘beat the odds’ with recovery after six-hour heart-attack op following coma

Ex-Premier League ace suffered a cardiac arrest after he suddenly collapsed while playing in a French charity match

DAVID Ginola has revealed he faced a nine in 10 chance of being left a “vegetable” after his heart attack last month.

The former Premier League ace, 49, is battling to come to terms with his collapse during a charity match in his native France.

But he believes his late mother Mireille was a “lucky star” watching over him as paramedics fought for ten minutes to get his heart working, then as surgeons performed a six-hour quadruple bypass op.

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David Ginola had a 'nine in 10' chance of being a 'vegetable'...after collapseCredit: Getty Images

David, 49 – who was left in a coma – told French newspaper L’Equipe: “It has been complicated to handle, psychologically.

“The fact that I am still here, when the clinic told me that nine out of ten people who return after that happens are in the state of a vegetable.

“I must have a lucky star – that must be my mother, from up there – watching over me.

“Maybe people gave me a kick in the ass and said, ‘This is not your time’.

“I have hundreds of questions, but not necessarily for other people, rather for myself.

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David believes his late mum was his 'lucky star'...keeping him alive during opCredit: Getty Images

“Compared to life, the little things seem insignificant.

“It was a relatively major procedure. But the only question for the medical team was the state of the brain.

“Generally, when someone goes through something like this, you end up in a rest home.”

David, who played for Newcastle, Aston Villa and Spurs, is now working for French TV covering the Euro 2016 Championship

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