Mjallby quits Bolton

Johan Mjallby is to step down as assistant manager to Neil Lennon at Bolton Wanderers.

The Swede first teamed up with the Irishman in March 2010 when the Lennon was put in charge of Celtic on a caretaker basis following the disastrous reign of Tony Mowbray.

Mjallby announced his departure before Lennon resigned as Celtic manager but was reunited with his former team-mate when Lennon took charge of Bolton last November.

After today’s 2-0 win over Wolves it was suggested that Mjallby was leaving with the news confirmed by Marc Iles of the Bolton News.

Local speculation seems to suggest that former Bolton midfielder Alan Thompson could be drafted in but after his exit from Celtic in 2012 that would seem unlikely.

Within weeks of celebrating winning the SPL title at Kilmarnock Lennon found himself in the position of dismissing his first team coach.

After over a decade together working under Martin O’Neill and Gordon Strachan the relationship between both men came to a halt although they met up again last season with Thompson assisting Lee Clark at Birmingham and Blackpool.

Following his side’s first win of the season today Lennon said: “I am more relived than anything else. I’ve not had a run like that in my career either playing or managing.

“It’s been a very frustrating time. But I thought the way we were playing, we could turn things around. I felt we deserved to win.

“Their penalty was soft and changed the psychology of the game for a while but in the last 15 minutes we created some great chances to put the game beyond Wolves again, particularly on the counter-attack.

“However, overall it is very satisfying though we have played better and lost. Our first-half performance was very strong and some of our play was excellent.”