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Ian Evatt believes constant references to Wanderers’ spending this summer from elsewhere in League Two are rooted in jealousy.
Heads have been turned by some of the business done by Bolton in the last couple of months – and the whispers started again this week when it emerged that ex-Liverpool and Stoke City midfielder Charlie Adam is training at Lostock.
Evatt has assembled a strong squad and is not yet finished in the transfer market, targeting another two or three additions before the window closes.
But the regular inferences to ‘overspending’ from rival clubs have started to rub Evatt – a cool customer thus far since taking the Bolton reins – the wrong way.
“It’s quite frustrating,” he told The Bolton News. “I think people should really be concentrating on their own situation.
“We won’t overspend. We come well within the salary cap.
“I think people forget completely the size of this football club, what it has got going for it, and that players want to come here for the right reasons.
“The facilities, the stadium – top class – but the size of the fanbase and the history this club has, money can’t buy it.
“It is frustrating because people always seem to find a way of talking about us – Eoin Doyle, Nathan Delfouneso, Antoni Sarcevic, or Charlie Adam is training.
“I think it is a touch of jealousy. And that’s fine, we’ll deal with it and embrace it.”
Speculation over Wanderers’ budget has also impacted upon Evatt’s negotiations with potential signings.
After inheriting a skeletal squad, he has successfully added 14 new players, yet some have arrived with a false impression of the budget Wanderers have set.
“I think it causes issues because people have unrealistic expectations,” he said.
“To give one example, we spoke to a player who was released by a League One club this summer and he wanted a pay rise.
“If you are being released by a club you need to think carefully about why that happened.
“I’ve said many times that we’re not a cash cow.
“We have a budget, we will stick to it, and if players don’t fall into what we consider value for money then we will move on.”
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Heads have been turned by some of the business done by Bolton in the last couple of months – and the whispers started again this week when it emerged that ex-Liverpool and Stoke City midfielder Charlie Adam is training at Lostock.
Evatt has assembled a strong squad and is not yet finished in the transfer market, targeting another two or three additions before the window closes.
But the regular inferences to ‘overspending’ from rival clubs have started to rub Evatt – a cool customer thus far since taking the Bolton reins – the wrong way.
“It’s quite frustrating,” he told The Bolton News. “I think people should really be concentrating on their own situation.
“We won’t overspend. We come well within the salary cap.
“I think people forget completely the size of this football club, what it has got going for it, and that players want to come here for the right reasons.
“The facilities, the stadium – top class – but the size of the fanbase and the history this club has, money can’t buy it.
“It is frustrating because people always seem to find a way of talking about us – Eoin Doyle, Nathan Delfouneso, Antoni Sarcevic, or Charlie Adam is training.
“I think it is a touch of jealousy. And that’s fine, we’ll deal with it and embrace it.”
Speculation over Wanderers’ budget has also impacted upon Evatt’s negotiations with potential signings.
After inheriting a skeletal squad, he has successfully added 14 new players, yet some have arrived with a false impression of the budget Wanderers have set.
“I think it causes issues because people have unrealistic expectations,” he said.
“To give one example, we spoke to a player who was released by a League One club this summer and he wanted a pay rise.
“If you are being released by a club you need to think carefully about why that happened.
“I’ve said many times that we’re not a cash cow.
“We have a budget, we will stick to it, and if players don’t fall into what we consider value for money then we will move on.”
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