Bolton Wanderers boss Gary Megson insists their desperate Premier League plight is not just down to their decision to sell Nicolas Anelka to Chelsea for £15million.

He said: "When I arrived Nic had scored five or six goals and we were bottom of the table, one point behind Derby. So it doesn't follow that if he had stayed, we would have done better.

"I see there's criticism of Nic that he's not scoring goals at Chelsea. Yet, we're being asked why did we let him go. You can't have it both ways."