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Dougie Freedman will hold crunch talks with Bolton Wanderers on Thursday when he could be sacked after a dreadful start to the Championship season.
Freedman will meet with chairman Phil Gartside in the wake of Wednesday's humiliating 4-0 defeat at Fulham, with his prospects of remaining as manager appearing increasingly bleak.
Bolton have won only once this season and the thrashing at Craven Cottage leaves them second bottom, with Gartside, who has so far resisted pressure to change, now considering whether Freedman's position is untenable.
Freedman insisted after last night’s defeat he is determined to carry on.
The former Crystal Palace manager is known to have been frustrated at missing out on a number of transfer targets over the summer, including Liverpool’s Jordon Ibe and Middlesbrough Lukas Jutkiewicz, who signed for Derby and Burnley respectively.
Gartside has stayed loyal to Freedman but a run of three successive league defeats have increased the pressure.
This is Bolton’s third consecutive season outside the Premier League and relegation to League One would be disastrous for a club which announced debts of nearly £164million in December 2013.
Bolton fans frequently chanted for Freedman’s head during the Fulham game but the 40-year-old claimed he would not be sacked.
He said: “I’m here to work, I’m here to do my very best and that’s what I’m doing right now.
“I’m working very hard to turn this round. I don’t think the players have chucked the towel in, I think they have shown a very good spirit. They have shown a good spirit and kept going.”
Freedman’s current contract at the Macron Stadium expires at the end of this season.
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Freedman will meet with chairman Phil Gartside in the wake of Wednesday's humiliating 4-0 defeat at Fulham, with his prospects of remaining as manager appearing increasingly bleak.
Bolton have won only once this season and the thrashing at Craven Cottage leaves them second bottom, with Gartside, who has so far resisted pressure to change, now considering whether Freedman's position is untenable.
Freedman insisted after last night’s defeat he is determined to carry on.
The former Crystal Palace manager is known to have been frustrated at missing out on a number of transfer targets over the summer, including Liverpool’s Jordon Ibe and Middlesbrough Lukas Jutkiewicz, who signed for Derby and Burnley respectively.
Gartside has stayed loyal to Freedman but a run of three successive league defeats have increased the pressure.
This is Bolton’s third consecutive season outside the Premier League and relegation to League One would be disastrous for a club which announced debts of nearly £164million in December 2013.
Bolton fans frequently chanted for Freedman’s head during the Fulham game but the 40-year-old claimed he would not be sacked.
He said: “I’m here to work, I’m here to do my very best and that’s what I’m doing right now.
“I’m working very hard to turn this round. I don’t think the players have chucked the towel in, I think they have shown a very good spirit. They have shown a good spirit and kept going.”
Freedman’s current contract at the Macron Stadium expires at the end of this season.
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