Cheltenham Town could have the likes of Ryan Jackson and Liam Sercombe back for the visit of Bolton Wanderers but could still be waiting for Elliot Bonds.
20.08.2022 - 07:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Ian Evatt believes Bolton Wanderers have earned the trust of the Premier League giants in the North West and believes the loans of James Trafford from Manchester City and especially Liverpool's Conor Bradley illustrate this well.
The duo are spending the campaign at Wanderers from the top two sides in the Premier League. Trafford has returned for another campaign from City after impressing following an initial spell in the second half of last season.
Bradley meanwhile has joined from the Anfield club on loan for the campaign too. He has impressed hugely so far in his time at Bolton, with two goals already.
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Such is the interest Liverpool have had in Wanderers is the Anfield club's former sporting director Michael Edwards has been to the League One club's Lostock training base to see how Evatt's side go about their football. This took place last season before Bradley came to Wanderers.
Bradley was a prime target for Evatt's side in the January transfer window, but the player was involved with Liverpool's first team at that stage. Bolton then went and signed Fulham's Marlon Fossey on loan.
Bradley has now arrived for the campaign and Evatt believes Wanderers have earned the trust of the Premier League giants in the hub of football that is the North West. He spoke on how that has developed and how Edwards approached Wanderers about visiting them to see how they do things.
Evatt said: “We’ve worked really hard on earning trust. We’re in a great position here in the middle of the hub of football, the North West, with some brilliant football teams and some football clubs around us. Man City, Liverpool, Man United,
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