IAN Evatt has warned any incoming signings at Wanderers: “You’ll have your work cut out!”
The Bolton boss admits his refusal to guarantee regular game time to new arrivals could limit his options in the transfer market.
Wanderers has become a desirable destination for top-flight clubs to send their youngster players after success with the likes of James Trafford and Conor Bradley.
But a good start to the first half of the season and the team’s improvement over the last 12 months has meant that recruitment in the January window has become more complicated.
“It is more difficult to loan in this window for us right now because of how our situation has changed,” Evatt said.
“Parent clubs are not silly. They look at Bolton Wanderers and say ‘you are doing really well, you have a really good squad, a really good team, can you guarantee my player is going to play?’ “And the answer is absolutely not – like everyone they have to come in and earn it. And that in turn changes decisions.
“As a manager, I will never promise anything to anyone. It is something you must earn.
“Any success we have this season will have to be earned.
Regardless of how well they perform, nobody has the right to come here and claim they are playing games; that is just not how we do things. And it pretty much puts us off someone if that’s their attitude.
“Anyone we add has to earn the right to play for our team and show respect for the squad they will be joining. Doing that is not a simple task.
It’s great if they believe they can and are ready to accept it. However, I will never be in a position to promise a player anything; instead, they
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