Where Ian Evatt wants to strengthen next in his squad at Bolton Wanderers

Ian Evatt says Wanderers have not finished in the transfer market and are targeting TWO more attacking players.

Last week saw the club bring in an unprecedented nine new players – Liam Gordon, Billy Crellin, Matt Gilks (as player-coach), Gethin Jones, Jak Hickman, Nathan Delfouneso, Alex Baptiste, Reiss Greenidge and Ricardo Santos.

Evatt, who maintains the club are sticking rigidly to the salary cap rules laid down by the EFL after last week’s vote, says he is not yet finished in the transfer market, and could also add another wide man to his ranks.

“I still think we’re two or three light,” he told The Bolton News. “I’d like to see another couple at the top end of the pitch and possibly some competition at left wing-back. Other than that, we’re not far away I don’t think.”

The eclectic squad assembled by Wanderers so far this summer has made an impressive start to pre-season, comfortably beating non-league opposition in Atherton Colls and Bamber Bridge.

The club intend to organise a few more friendlies before the scheduled start of the League Two campaign on September 12, which could be preceded by the first round of the Carabao Cup a weekend earlier.

The squad will travel for a mini training camp tomorrow, which will give Evatt the chance to fine tune some of the tactical nuances in the new style of football he is looking to bring in.

That a quickly assembled dressing room has taken quickly to what he has asked of them is not accidental, insists the Whites head coach.

“Every recruitment has an element of risk, as I’ve said before, but the more information you take on the better-informed decisions you can make, thus limiting some of that risk,” he said.

“We have recruited players to suit a system and the way I see the game being played and you can see that – the pace and the power in the team is incredible and they can all handle the football.”

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So if he wants a couple more strikers, surely Bright Amoateng (if it was indeed him) is in with a chance after scoring a couple against BB?

If Evatt is to successfully strengthen our squad further he's going to need to be extremely clever in the transfer market. Given what's happening to Wigan, what's already happened to Bury and the fact that revenue is going to continue to be severely limited by the ongoing coronavirus problem it may be impossible to get the kind of player he actually wants this transfer window and he may have to settle for consolidating what we already have.

luckyPeterpiper wrote:If Evatt is to successfully strengthen our squad further he's going to need to be extremely clever in the transfer market. Given what's happening to Wigan, what's already happened to Bury and the fact that revenue is going to continue to be severely limited by the ongoing coronavirus problem it may be impossible to get the kind of player he actually wants this transfer window and he may have to settle for consolidating what we already have.

Have you actually seen his signings to date Peter?
Loads have left and Evatt's already brought in the Olympic squad so it looks more like a new base than a consolidation. Our remaining young lads will have to work hard to even get a game.

We must well within the salary cap i reckon, even more sore that some of the higher earners signed before the cap started will only be classed as an average salary.

We do have plenty of defenders now but i do agree we need at least one more striker.