Neil Lennon has ruled out making a playing return after confirming his interest in signing Eidur Gudjohnsen and Emile Heskey.
Gudjohnsen played for Bolton’s reserve side in midweek with Heskey, who played with Lennon at Leicester, training with Bolton after returning from a stint in Australia.
With the transfer window opening in four weeks time the Bolton boss is preparing to bring in the new faces needed to push his side towards the play-off places.
“I might make a comeback myself,” Lennon joked. “I don’t think we’ve enough experienced players who’ve played at the top level before.
“Whether that’s important in the Championship or our current position, we will see, but I feel if you’ve got a player like Eidur coming in, it will only lift the players.
“He knows the club and environment and he’s still getting used to the pace of the game but his experience and professionalism should rub off on the rest and we hope it’s the same with Emile.
“It’s not a question of us giving these guys a pay day for 18 months. Eidur’s coming here to make a contribution and we feel he can make a difference in games. It’s up to him now.
“The hunger’s till there and he’s shown us he’s physically fit, while he’s never lost the ability to play football. We’re hoping it’s signing that works.”
Tomorrow Bolton travel to Reading looking to follow up last week’s home win over Huddersfield that took them clear of the bottom three with Gudjohnsen expected to be in the squad.