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Neil Lennon expects a tense conclusion to the transfer window – but believes holding on to prized asset Zach Clough could represent success for the club.
Wanderers go into the final hours before deadline day vulnerable to offers for their better players as they continue to curb costs.
It is understood Prince-Desire Gouano has quit the Macron Stadium to join a club in Turkey but Lennon is steeling himself for more departures.
Clough is on the radar of several clubs, including tomorrow night’s opponents Wolves, and has also been watched by Premier League Everton and Watford.
Swansea remain keen on the young striker, with the Welsh club already seeing one offer of £2million for Clough and fellow academy graduate Josh Vela rejected out of hand.
Lennon hopes he can stick around to aid the Whites’ fight against relegation to League One.
“We’d love to keep him and it would give us half a chance then,” he told The Bolton News.
“There’s not a lot I can do until someone comes in and takes the club over. It’s out of my hands.
“On Monday I’ll be around the place, we’ll train obviously, and we’ll wait to see if we can avoid any players going.
“It’ll be tense. It’ll probably go to the last hour.”
Lennon is worried about how far his squad could potentially be stripped back.
Jose Manuel Casado departed the Macron on Friday, leaving Dean Moxey as the only recognised left-back in the squad. Yet the former Derby County and Crystal Palace man is also wanted by Wolves.
Mallorca are one of the clubs who have contacted Casado’s representatives about taking him for the rest of the season after he fell out of favour in recent weeks at Bolton but Lennon said the decision to let him leave boiled down to finances.
“He wasn’t getting the games and he was worried about being paid as well,” he said. “He might have interest from a couple of clubs over in Spain.
“He made the decision to go.
“It’s affordability as well at the moment, so it is difficult for me. I don’t want any players to leave because the squad is getting thin on the ground at the moment.”
Wanderers bowed out of the FA Cup with a meek performance against Leeds United but Lennon is eyeing tomorrow night's clash at Wolves as a much more important game.
“Of course it is. It will be tough away from home and we’ll need more of the way we played in the second half against Leeds than the first if we are to get anything out of it,” he added.
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Wanderers go into the final hours before deadline day vulnerable to offers for their better players as they continue to curb costs.
It is understood Prince-Desire Gouano has quit the Macron Stadium to join a club in Turkey but Lennon is steeling himself for more departures.
Clough is on the radar of several clubs, including tomorrow night’s opponents Wolves, and has also been watched by Premier League Everton and Watford.
Swansea remain keen on the young striker, with the Welsh club already seeing one offer of £2million for Clough and fellow academy graduate Josh Vela rejected out of hand.
Lennon hopes he can stick around to aid the Whites’ fight against relegation to League One.
“We’d love to keep him and it would give us half a chance then,” he told The Bolton News.
“There’s not a lot I can do until someone comes in and takes the club over. It’s out of my hands.
“On Monday I’ll be around the place, we’ll train obviously, and we’ll wait to see if we can avoid any players going.
“It’ll be tense. It’ll probably go to the last hour.”
Lennon is worried about how far his squad could potentially be stripped back.
Jose Manuel Casado departed the Macron on Friday, leaving Dean Moxey as the only recognised left-back in the squad. Yet the former Derby County and Crystal Palace man is also wanted by Wolves.
Mallorca are one of the clubs who have contacted Casado’s representatives about taking him for the rest of the season after he fell out of favour in recent weeks at Bolton but Lennon said the decision to let him leave boiled down to finances.
“He wasn’t getting the games and he was worried about being paid as well,” he said. “He might have interest from a couple of clubs over in Spain.
“He made the decision to go.
“It’s affordability as well at the moment, so it is difficult for me. I don’t want any players to leave because the squad is getting thin on the ground at the moment.”
Wanderers bowed out of the FA Cup with a meek performance against Leeds United but Lennon is eyeing tomorrow night's clash at Wolves as a much more important game.
“Of course it is. It will be tough away from home and we’ll need more of the way we played in the second half against Leeds than the first if we are to get anything out of it,” he added.
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