Sam Allardyce opens door to emotional Bolton return after Ian Evatt sacking

Sam Allardyce enjoyed a highly palmy spell astatine Bolton from 1999 to 2007 and has present opened the doorway to making a instrumentality to the League One broadside arsenic they hunt for Ian Evatt's successor

Sam Allardyce has offered his services to managerless Bolton Wanderers, but insisted helium would not beryllium returning arsenic caput coach.

Allardyce enjoyed a highly palmy eight-year spell with the Trotters from 1999, starring them to the Premier League 2 years aft taking charge. He would past pb them to the 2004 League Cup last and UEFA Cup qualification.

The Englishman near successful 2007 to instrumentality implicit Newcastle, earlier spells astatine West Ham, Sunderland and Everton. His past occupation was a four-game stint astatine Leeds arsenic they were relegated from the top-flight successful 2023.

Bolton are connected the hunt for a caller brag after sacking Ian Evatt pursuing Tuesday's nonaccomplishment to Charlton Athletic, which near them eighth successful League One. With his erstwhile broadside reeling pursuing that sacking, Allardyce has opened the doorway to an affectional return.

"I don't cognize what the presumption is astatine Bolton due to the fact that obviously, I near successful 2007. A staggering magnitude of clip has passed. My passionateness for Bolton is always, ever there," helium told the No Tippy Tappy Football podcast.

"I was calved successful the Midlands but Bolton is my town, my club. Everybody knows that due to the fact that of the large times I had arsenic a subordinate and arsenic the manager. If I tin help, I would, if they really asked maine to.

"Not arsenic the manager though. I deliberation that needs to spell to idiosyncratic that's acceptable to instrumentality the nine to the adjacent level. The committee are hopefully determination to enactment him. There's many, many, galore a bully manager that would privation that position."

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Evatt's sacking was announced connected Wednesday, with academy coaches Julian Darby, Andy Taylor and Andrew Tutte taking interim charge. Evatt joined Bolton successful 2020, starring them to automatic promotion from League Two successful his archetypal season.

But helium failed to instrumentality them into the Championship, losing past season's play-off final. After a tally of mediocre results, the club's committee decided to act, though president Sharon Brittan took the accidental to wage tribute to her side's erstwhile boss.

“Ian arrived astatine a challenging clip for Bolton Wanderers Football Club and his dedication to rebuilding, some connected and disconnected the pitch, has been commendable," Brittan said erstwhile the sacking was announced.

"He instilled a renewed consciousness of professionalism and purpose, and we are grateful for his important contributions during his 4 and a fractional years astatine the helm. He has been a pleasance to enactment with and I personally convey him for his hard enactment and passionateness for this Club.

"He has created a tremendous bequest and volition ever beryllium remembered for the successes helium has brought. We privation him thing but occurrence successful the future. The Board are committed to uncovering the close campaigner to pb Bolton Wanderers forward.”

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