Elias Kachunga is looking forward to his reunion with old club Huddersfield Town this weekend with Bolton Wanderers and believes it will be a big test for the Whites in their final pre-season friendly.
01.07.2022 - 18:47 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Ian Evatt says Bolton Wanderers were well aware that Kyle Dempsey was not fully 100% fit when he made the January move but believes the transfer enabled him to integrate into the club and has come back flying in pre-season.
The 26-year-old joined Wanderers on transfer deadline day in January from Gillingham. The former Huddersfield Town man went on to play 11 times for his new club in the second half of the previous campaign.
But Dempsey was in an out of the team at Wanderers as injuries limited the impact he was able to make. It followed on from a knee operation which came towards the end of his time with the Gills.
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But the midfielder was a part of the club's recent pre-season training camp in Portugal, is raring to go for the upcoming campaign. He impressed in the first half of the 9-0 pre-season friendly win over Longridge Town and got on the scoresheet.
Evatt admits Wanderers knew they were not getting a Dempsey at the peak of his fitness in January owing to injuries. But he believes the move has given the midfielder time to get used to the club and both parties are being rewarded now.
The Bolton boss believes that Dempsey and fellow January signing Kieran Sadlier, who joined from Rotherham United, have returned for pre-season in fantastic condition. He feels the victory over Longridge earlier this week gives the group some early confidence to continue with their hard work.
He said: “Kyle missed a significant period of time before he came to us and we knew he wasn’t fully fit. But it was just about implementing the idea into his head about what we are and what we’re trying to do. That’s why we did it in
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