Elias Kachunga believes the pressing style at Bolton Wanderers draws some parallels with that of former club Huddersfield Town but the use of wing-backs is the key difference and factor helping the Whites have goals from across the pitch.
09.09.2022 - 18:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Ian Evatt has essentially ruled out the possibility of Bolton Wanderers recruiting any free agents following the conclusion of the summer transfer window.
Wanderers made a total of five signings over the summer. Eoin Toal and Jack Iredale were recruited permanently from Derry City and Cambridge United.
Three players were also signed on loan. Owen Beck and Conor Bradley have been recruited from Liverpool, while goalkeeper James Trafford has returned for the campaign from Manchester City.
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Despite the transfer window now being closed and will re-open again at the start of January, signings can still be made by clubs. Players who are unattached and free agents can be signed.
But Bolton boss Evatt played down the idea that his side will look to that market as he feels it is reactive rather than proactive. Unless Wanderers have an injury crisis on thier hands in the weeks to come, he does not see Wanderers utilising that market.
He told the Manchester Evening News: “For me, that’s reactive rather than proactive. If there’s free agents out there, unless we have an absolute catastrophe and players are going down left, right and centre, I don’t see us signing anyone in that market.
“I just don’t think it’s us. It’s slightly different because the first time we did this was on the back of the pandemic and we broke players as soon as we got them in, they were breaking down left, right and centre.
“I was having a chat with Sads (Kieran Sadlier) after training and I said ‘how was that today, was it tough?’ and he said ‘yeah, but it’s always tough’ and it is. It’s just the way we’ve trained, it’s the way we play, it’s intense, it’s
Elias Kachunga believes the pressing style at Bolton Wanderers draws some parallels with that of former club Huddersfield Town but the use of wing-backs is the key difference and factor helping the Whites have goals from across the pitch.
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