Ian Evatt believes Bolton Wanderers have 'become trustworthy' with clubs further up the football pyramid as he believes has been shown with Liverpool agreeing to loan Conor Bradley to them.
The 18-year-old right-back has joined Ian Evatt's side for the upcoming season in League One. It will the first spell away from Anfield for the young defender and Wanderers have sealed their third signing of the summer.
He joins following Manchester City's James Trafford rejoining on loan for the upcoming campaign after a successful loan spell in the season half last season. Jack Iredale has also joined the club on a free transfer from Cambridge United.
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Though he will not travel to Portugal for the club's pre-season training camp on the Algarve, Bradley will link up with his new team mates next week. Like Trafford, he has been granted a week's rest after international duties with his country Northern Ireland.
Wanderers have spoken extensively with Jurgen Klopp's side over taking the promising youngster for the upcoming campaign. Discussions took place last season over the matter.
Such is the interest Liverpool have had in Wanderers is that the Anfield club's sporting director Michael Edwards has been to the League One club's Lostock training base to see how Evatt's side go about their football. It is something that the Bolton boss is delighted with.
Evatt said; “We’ve become trustworthy, we’ve become a club that clearly knows and develops players and works on the four corners. We speak about the technical, tactical, physical and mental.
“It’s a huge thing for us that they’ve selected us and that’s down to our hard work behind the scenes - myself, the rest of the staff, Chris (Markham). We’ve had lots of conversations with Liverpool last season.
“Michael Edwards has even been to visit us and watch how we train and do things, which is a huge bonus for how we’re working. I’m delighted with it.”
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