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Phil Parkinson wants to wing it with Wanderers next season – and could start with former Blackburn Rovers man Chris Taylor.
The Bolton News understands that talks have begun with the 29-year-old, who spent the end of last season on loan at Millwall.
Oldham-born, Taylor wants to return to his family home in the North West and has already turned down the chance to remain with the Lions.
He helped Neil Harris’ side into the play-offs in May and would have stayed with the club had they been promoted to the Championship.
Parkinson is keen to add some width to his team and spoke with another wide man yesterday as he waits for Wanderers to complete the necessary paperwork needed to remove their transfer embargo.
The new manager has been encouraged by co-owner Ken Anderson to push on with potential deals, giving rise to hope that the transfer restrictions which have been in place since December will soon be relaxed.
Parkinson has allowed his backroom staff of Nick Allenby and Steve Parkin to make preparations for pre-season as he meets with prospective signings and wants to be ready to move quickly, if and when the embargo is lifted.
Taylor is out of contract after spending three years with Blackburn and making 73 appearances, more than half of which were from the bench.
Before that he had played more than 250 games for Oldham, and was voted into the PFA’s League One team of the year in 2009.
He moved to Millwall in 2012 and helped Kenny Jackett’s Championship side reach the FA Cup semi-finals before moving on a free transfer back to Lancashire with Rovers.
If Parkinson gets his way, Taylor could be joined by Lions’ team-mate Mark Beevers, although the big defender is also wanted by Barnsley.
Goalkeeper Matt Gilks held talks with Glasgow Rangers yesterday, which could scupper Wanderers’ chances of landing the Burnley keeper.
The 34-year-old, who has three Scotland caps, has discussed a potential move to the Macron when his deal expires at Turf Moor.
But the lure of playing in the SPL with the revive Ibrox club could be too difficult to turn down, which would leave Parkinson looking for another senior keeper to provide competition for Ben Amos.
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The Bolton News understands that talks have begun with the 29-year-old, who spent the end of last season on loan at Millwall.
Oldham-born, Taylor wants to return to his family home in the North West and has already turned down the chance to remain with the Lions.
He helped Neil Harris’ side into the play-offs in May and would have stayed with the club had they been promoted to the Championship.
Parkinson is keen to add some width to his team and spoke with another wide man yesterday as he waits for Wanderers to complete the necessary paperwork needed to remove their transfer embargo.
The new manager has been encouraged by co-owner Ken Anderson to push on with potential deals, giving rise to hope that the transfer restrictions which have been in place since December will soon be relaxed.
Parkinson has allowed his backroom staff of Nick Allenby and Steve Parkin to make preparations for pre-season as he meets with prospective signings and wants to be ready to move quickly, if and when the embargo is lifted.
Taylor is out of contract after spending three years with Blackburn and making 73 appearances, more than half of which were from the bench.
Before that he had played more than 250 games for Oldham, and was voted into the PFA’s League One team of the year in 2009.
He moved to Millwall in 2012 and helped Kenny Jackett’s Championship side reach the FA Cup semi-finals before moving on a free transfer back to Lancashire with Rovers.
If Parkinson gets his way, Taylor could be joined by Lions’ team-mate Mark Beevers, although the big defender is also wanted by Barnsley.
Goalkeeper Matt Gilks held talks with Glasgow Rangers yesterday, which could scupper Wanderers’ chances of landing the Burnley keeper.
The 34-year-old, who has three Scotland caps, has discussed a potential move to the Macron when his deal expires at Turf Moor.
But the lure of playing in the SPL with the revive Ibrox club could be too difficult to turn down, which would leave Parkinson looking for another senior keeper to provide competition for Ben Amos.
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