Bolton Wanderers are aiming to make it eight games unbeaten in League One when they take on Burton Albion this evening.
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Steve Lovell admits there could be more players leaving Gillingham before the end of the January transfer window amid Bolton Wanderers' efforts to land Kyle Dempsey.
Wanderers are targeting one more addition to cap off their excellent transfer window business and have lodged a second bid with the Gills for skipper Dempsey as they aim to add the midfielder to their ranks.
The 26-year-old is approaching the last six months of his contract at Priestfield and would be able to walk away for nothing in the summer as things stand.
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The next 36 hours are therefore the last chance that the Gills could have to obtain a transfer fee for their captain.
The Gills sit 23rd in the League One table and are 10 points from safety after yesterday's 7-2 hammering at the hands of Oxford United.
Dempsey played the entire match for the Kent club, who Wanderers travel to at the start of March.
The managerial situation at Priestfield remains up in the air with Lovell in caretaker charge at present following the departure of Steve Evans.
Gills chairman Paul Scally is taking his time in announcing a permanent successor and caretaker Lovell believes a decision needs to be arrived at by tomorrow at the latest.
Speaking after the loss to Oxford, Lovell admitted there could be a few more players exiting the club by end of play tomorrow, albeit did not explicitly name Dempsey or any others as being in that bracket.
But he again stressed he is not aware of any offers made for players and leaves that in the hands of Scally.
Lovell has previously spoken of his desire to keep Dempsey at Priestfield, but believes decisions at the Gills must be made soon on
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