Lockyer, who has had an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) fitted, had beforehand acknowledged he can be “at peace” with the prospect of not taking part in once more following his collapse.
However he had at all times careworn a want to return to the pitch, together with a want for “only one extra” Wales look so as to add to his 16 caps, having hung out with Craig Bellamy’s squad in September.
And, beneath the steerage of the identical specialists who oversaw Denmark’s Christian Eriksen’s comeback after his personal cardiac arrest, Edwards stated Lockyer had been closing in on the all-clear for a full return.
“It’s [remarkable], and that is all the way down to him as an individual, the truth that all the things has gone very, very effectively,” stated Edwards, a former Wales worldwide himself.
“He is in actually good situation and each specialist and all of the medical folks taking a look at him have been actually happy with each step of the method.
“No chopping corners with this as a result of clearly it is so vital, however I do not suppose there may be any purpose why he will not play.”