Rumours that Paul Merson is going to come into an executive role at Bolton, to oversee Bandits extra curricular activities?
Confirm/ Deny?
Megson said "I don't respond to media rumours, when we have firm news I will announce it. I don't like unsettling the rotas on Soccer Saturday with such speculation"
Your correspondent understands from a source close to the dressing room though that a major stumbling block in negotiations with Cahill was the presence of a voucher system for meals at the training ground.
Cahill said
"I walked to training at Villa every day, having looked down the sides of my sofa for all the spare change I could find. I bought a voucher from Gladys on reception that entitled me to first sitting of lunch, chicken and pasta. I was shocked to find that instead I was on second sitting, with the apprentices, and John Carew had eaten my chicken. I was left with a Spicy Pot Noodle and Gladys had gone on holiday to Spain. Then the showers packed up. When I heard that Bolton operated the same voucher system I took a lot of convincing to move. My mind was swayed though by the promise of a lift to training"