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Bolton's Santos opens up on facing old club Peterborough with aims to stop Clarke-Harris & Marriott
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Bolton Wanderers skipper Ricardo Santos is looking forward to taking on old side Peterborough United this weekend and the challenge of trying to stop the likes of Jonson Clarke-Harris and Jack Marriott.
Wanderers captain Santos played for Posh between 2014 and 2016 after being brought to the club by then-manager Darren Ferguson. He ended up playing 75 games for Posh, scoring once in that time.
He made only a handful of appearances in the 2016/17 season under Grant McCann, who has now returned to London Road for a second spell in charge. He moved to Barnet in January 2017 to pursue game time.
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Since joining Bolton in the summer of 2020, he has played 100 times for Ian Evatt's side. The latest apperance came in Tuesday night's 2-0 win on the road over MK Dons.
Santos has opened up on his time at Posh and how things changed when a new manager came into the dugout at London Road. A desire to play more and not spend time on the bench motivated his decision to move on to pastures new.
But he bears no ill feeling towards his former employers, though he would like to claim three points over them in a challenging game. He is also looking forward to the challenge of facing Peterborough hotshots Jonson Clarke-Harris and Jack Marriott.
Of his time at Peterborough, Santos said: “I played a lot of games. I think the first season I went there I probably made my debut in the last game of the season and then the season after that, I think I played about 60 games maybe for them.
"I think it was just the new manager coming in and rotations really and I was young at the time, I was on the bench and all I wanted to do was play. I
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