Ian Evatt explained there was no injury which kept Declan John out of the Bolton Wanderers squad in the draw against Barnsley but rather the limited scenarios he felt the defender could feature in the clash was behind the decision.
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Bolton Wanderers are hopeful of having Conor Bradley available before the weekend's clash against Lincoln City owing to sickness picked up while on Northern Ireland duty.
The Liverpool loanee has been away with his country for UEFA Nations League games against Kosovo and Greece. Bradley started both matches for Ian Baraclough's side.
He is now due to return to Wanderers for this weekend's clash against Lincoln City in League One. Though the 19-year-old has picked up some slight sickness while on international duty, Wanderers are hopeful it will not keep him out of the clash.
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Boss Ian Evatt said: “Matt Barrass has had a report from the national teams that have been involved about the health of our players. Conor Bradley has a little bit of sickness yesterday, but they don’t envisage it being problem for Saturday so in terms of injuries, it’s fine, just a little bit of illness for Conor. Other than that, everyone is fit and ready to go.”
Other players who have been away have been Dion Charles, also with Northern Ireland. As well as the striker, James Trafford has been with England under-21s, Owen Beck with Wales under-21s and Amadou Bakayoko with Sierra Leone.
Striker Jon Dadi Bodvarsson did not go away with Iceland and Evatt believes this move has benefitted the striker. All of those away on international duty are due to be back at Bolton on Friday, and with the travel Bakayoko has had over the past week, a decision will be made on if he will be involved on not upon his return.
Evatt said: “We haven’t seen them yet – he won’t be back with us until Friday, and it will be the same for them all. Dion, Conor, Owen Beck
Ian Evatt explained there was no injury which kept Declan John out of the Bolton Wanderers squad in the draw against Barnsley but rather the limited scenarios he felt the defender could feature in the clash was behind the decision.
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