The Bolton Wanderers Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jack Robinson arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Jack Robinson has, at Bolton Wanderers, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Rafael Nel rejects the move
Bolton Wanderers had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Sporting CP, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Atsuki Ito signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Atsuki Ito commits to Bolton Wanderers for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Atsuki Ito in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bolton Wanderers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Bolton Wanderers
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Samuel Iling-Junior was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Omar Beckles
Bolton Wanderers asked and Gillingham said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Exeter City join the queue for John McAtee
Add another name to the list: Exeter City have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about John McAtee. The answer from Bolton Wanderers has not changed — yet.
Market10 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Bolton Wanderers and Mark Gillespie
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Atsuki Ito knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Atsuki Ito trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Market Nobody at Bolton Wanderers has picked up the phone to George Johnston
- Market Nathan Broome told to find a new club
- Looking ahead Xavier Simons goes back to face Wycombe Wanderers