A Premier League footballer with a history of losing consciousness collapsed just seven minutes into a match last night . Bafetimbi Gomis went to ground during Swansea City 's game at Tottenham Hotspur in north London as the players made their way to restart after a goal . The 29-year-old France striker was attended to for four minutes and left the field on a stretcher - by which point he was conscious and wearing an oxygen mask . Scroll down for video . Collapsed : Footballer Bafetimbi Gomis went to ground during Swansea City 's game at Tottenham Hotspur . Help : The striker , a summer signing from Lyon , was attended to for four minutes and left the field a stretcher . On the ground : Gomis has a history of losing consciousness , fainting three times since joining Lyon in 2004 . But Gomis told supporters after the game on Twitter : ‘ I wanted to reassure you concerning my health - it actually looks much more scary than physically dangerous , and I am feeling well now . ' He added : ‘ I have been under a great deal of stress and fatigue due to my father 's health that requires me to go back and forth to France . ' I was disappointed that I could n't help my team tonight , but now everything is back in order . I also want to thank everyone for their support and get well messages. ’ Gomis , a summer signing from Lyon , collapsed after Nacer Chadli gave Spurs an early lead . A Swansea spokesman said last night that Gomis was in a 'stable condition ' following the incident . He added : 'He is fine . He is in the medical room . It is something we have been aware of - it is something called a vasovagal condition . 'We have always been aware of it and it has happened before . He has had all the medical and cardiology tests with us . ' Shock : Nabil Bentaleb ( right ) and his Spurs team mates look on as Gomis is treated by medical staff last night . Assistance : By the time he left the field at White Hart Lane he was conscious and wearing an oxygen mask . Stretcher : Tottenham striker Harry Kane ( left ) applauds as Gomis is taken off the pitch at White Hart Lane . Worry : Tottenham and Swansea players join referee Michael Oliver in the centre of the pitch as they look on . The striker - who earns £50,000 a week - has a history of losing consciousness , fainting three times since joining Lyon in 2004 , with the latest episode occurring while training with France in 2009 . At the time , Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas admitted he was ‘ worried ’ about the striker . ‘ We ca n't not be worried , it scares you each time , ’ he told ITele . ‘ A vasovagal episode ( fainting ) is part of the things that can happen to people who have this type of constitution . It 's now three times that it 's happened . Yes , I 'm worried. ’ Last night , BBC Match of the Day host and former England footballer Gary Lineker tweeted : 'Very worrying images at White Hart Lane where Bafetimbi Gomis has been stretchered off after collapsing to the ground with no one near him . 'Play has now restarted at WHL , which hopefully suggests the situation is not too distressful . Gomis has a condition with a history of fainting . Hopefully it 's nothing more serious than that . Battling : Gomis ( left ) in action earlier in the game for Swansea , up against Danny Rose ( right ) of Tottenham . Recent move to Wales : Gomis playing for Swansea in August ( left ) and for his former club Lyon in 2012 ( right ) Taking to Twitter : Gomis reassured concerned fans last night that the incident looked 'much more scary than physically dangerous and I am feeling well now ' Previous incident : White Hart Lane was the ground where the then Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba suffered a cardiac arrest in an FA Cup quarter-final match in 2012 ( pictured ) Meanwhile , Swansea-born former footballer John Hartson said : 'Hope Bafetimbi Gomis is okay and recovering in hospital after collapsing in the game tonight at White Hart Lane . Thinking of him . ' And BBC Sport commentator Conor McNamara added : 'Gomis underwent a series of medical tests for fainting episodes in 2009 which indicated no serious threat to his health . ' The match finished 3-2 to Tottenham , with Ryan Mason and Andros Townsend scoring the other two goals for Spurs - while Ki Sung-yueng and Gylfi Sigurdsson replied for the Swans . White Hart Lane was the ground where the then Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba suffered a cardiac arrest in an FA Cup quarter-final match three years ago on March 17 , 2012 . Muamba received lengthy attention on the pitch and it later emerged that his heart had stopped for 78 minutes . Although he recovered and left hospital a month later , he retired from playing .
Bafetimbi Gomis , 29 , went to ground during Tottenham v Swansea game . It happened as players made their way to restart , after BBC Match scored goal . France striker attended to for four minutes and left the field on a stretcher . By then former Lyon player was conscious and wearing an oxygen mask . Gomis : ' I 'm fine - it looks much more scary than physically dangerous ' He has history of losing consciousness , fainting three times since 2004 . Three years after Fabrice Muamba suffered cardiac arrest at same ground .