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Bolton Wanderers injury update on Kyle Dempsey ahead of Cheltenham Town clash as verdict given

Bolton Wanderers have been boosted by the return of midfielder Kyle Dempsey ahead of the clash against Cheltenham Town.

The January transfer window signing from Gillingham has played 10 times so far in his Wanderers career.

However, he has been out of action since coming off against Portsmouth with a hamstring injury which has kept him out of the last three games.

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But speaking ahead of the trip to Gloucestershire this weekend, Evatt has confirmed that Dempsey will be back available.

And the Wanderers boss believes that Dempsey is most likely to make an appearance from the bench against the Robins, with a start a more likely prospect against Fleetwood Town on the final day of the campaign.

Evatt said: "Kyle Dempsey has trained again today so he will be available for Saturday. Everyone else is all good and ready to go apart from the obvious really.

"He is one of those where we thought that his season would be over and we wanted to just take it easy with him. But Kyle being Kyle, he was desperate to be involved and desperate to play.

"He has made himself available, so he will be available for Saturday.

"He is probably not ready to start the game but will certainly impact it from the bench. Next Saturday, after a week’s training he will be able to start.

"Good to have him back involved. We are really pleased with where the squad is at and we want to keep all of our best players and assets, and keep that squad together because we think it is a good one once everyone is fully fit."

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