Serie A team Torino is willing to pay £15 million to bring Portuguese center-forward Beto back to Italy, while
Everton is also willing to let go of the player. Meanwhile, TEAMtalk said earlier this week that it would cost at least
£25 million to sign Igamane from Rangers this month because the Scottish Premiership team is unwilling to let go
of the forward halfway through the season.
Schumacher, who has previously coached Plymouth Argyle and Stoke City and has been promoted three occasions
as both a coach and a player, had been the clear favourite for the job, but there appear to have been setbacks in
discussions between club and coach and Wagner briefly became the betting favourite with some bookmakers on
Wednesday.
Bolton are currently 7th in the League One table, 12 places and 16 points ahead of the Gas, having won both of
their games with Darby in temporary charge of the side.
The Bolton News reports that club have said the search for a new manager is “ongoing” but they had originally
hoped to name their next head coach by midweek – and the club are “tight-lipped on the reasons behind the delay”
amid speculation that Bolton could have switched focus to Wagner.
The 53-year-old German coach, who took Huddersfield into the Premier League in 2017 before spells with Schalke,
Young Boys and Norwich, was named as odds-on favourite in some betting markets yesterday before Schumacher
overtook him once again.
Schumacher, who was named the League One manager of the year for taking Plymouth up to the second tier in
2023, has been out of work since he was sacked by Stoke in September, and had been the clear frontrunner to take
over at Bolton prior to the current delay. It is not known what has caused talks to stall, but he remains in the
running.
It remains unclear whether caretaker manager Darby will still be in charge by the time Bolton face Reading this
weekend, and he acknowledged in comments to the media that Saturday’s fixture against the Royals “looks a long
way away at this minute” but added that he “will wait to see if I get a shout for that.”
Darby has already stated that, despite his two successful games in charge—against Huddersfield and Northampton
Town—he is not in the running to seize the position full-time. After a bad run of results, Bolton parted ways with
Evatt on January 22 and has been without a manager ever then. Before the decision to relieve him of his
responsibilities, Evatt had been in charge for four years.
In other news, Bristol Rovers may have to let go of seasoned forward Jevani Brown after losing out on two loan
targets, dealing them a double transfer blow.
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