Conor Bradley revealed that Jurgen Klopp has kept in touch with him during his loan spell at Bolton Wanderers from Liverpool as he admits it has been a step-up playing in League One from under-23s football.
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Bolton Wanderers opted to go with Jack Iredale over Declan John for the 3-0 win over Wycombe to be more defensively secure but Ian Evatt has vowed the Welshman remains a 'huge player' for the club.
The Whites took the lead in the first half when Kyle Dempsey finished to give the Whites the advantage following good work from Liverpool loanee Conor Bradley. They doubled their lead just before the break when Aaron Morley slotted home from Dapo Afolayan's pass.
Dempsey added his second after the break as Wanderers ran out worthy 3-0 winners. It leaves the Whites third in the League One table after two matches so far.
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Iredale was one of three changes Evatt made from the opening day draw on the road to Ipswich Town. The former Cambridge defender took the place of John, who dropped to the bench.
And Evatt explained the decision and that dealing with physicality and the defensive questions Wycombe would pose meant Iredale got the nod. But Evatt is adamant 'bright light' John remains an important player for Bolton as he felt his side could have won by a greater margin.
He said: “We’ve tried to recruit players that can cope with all opposition and all challenges this season and Declan’s been one of our bright lights really since I’ve been at the club and today was a game really where we needed to be more secure and solid, especially in the out of possession scenarios and the long balls, the goal kicks, the diagonals.
“We had to stand up to that today and Jack’s better suited and better equipped to deal with those and we did that great. Declan’s still a huge player for us. We’ve got a great squad of players that offer us many
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