By Mark Heys
February 6 2006

Bolton skipper Kevin Nolan has urged the clubs board of directors to give manager Sam Allardyce some money to spend in the summer. The 23-year old believes that the promise of some transfer cash will go a long way to keeping Newcastle United target Allardyce at the Reebok Stadium for a few more years and has called upon the men at the top to do their bit to build on the success which has been gained on the pitch over the last twelve months.

"We just think the gaffer deserves to be given something to play with and, we hope, that this will keep him here for another couple of years," said Nolan to the Daily Mail newspaper.

"We're not talking about £5million, £6m or £7m players or for the chairman to come up with £40m or £50m, like Freddy Shepherd has at Newcastle. What we've achieved in the last year has been phenomenal, and what we wanted to see was players good enough to add to that and bring in greater quality."

Wanderers added Matt Jansen, Ali Al-Habsi and Oscar Perez to their squad during last months transfer window but all three moved to the Reebok Stadium on Free Transfers.