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Bolton midfielder Muamba already taking mick out of gaffer Coyle

Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba is already taking the mick out of manager Owen Coyle as he continues his recovery.

With the backing of Muamba's family, Tuesday saw manager Coyle on the training ground with his players again.

Coyle was wearing his familiar working clothes, having dispensed with the unfamiliar suit-and-tie get-up that remarkably provided early evidence that Muamba was making a remarkable recovery following his cardiac arrest and on-pitch collapse.

Soon after the anaesthetic wore off, Muamba asked his manager, who's more usually seen in sweatshirt and shorts: 'Where did you get the tie?'

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