Leicester City chairman Milan Mandaric believes Bolton Wanderers have landed a great manager in Gary Megson.

He told the Daily Mail: "I hired a proper guy in Gary Megson. He knows his business and has tremendous capabilities of getting teams out of this division. If Bolton do go down, Megson will get them back up. He's firm, disciplined, organised. He gets the best out of players.

"I know my supporters weren't fond of him and he's not going to play the prettiest football. I can't stand the long-ball stuff. But at the end of the day I desperately want to get out of this division. I would work with the devil if he could get me what I wanted.

"And how would I know that six weeks after appointing Megson Bolton would come for him? So we went for Ian Holloway. Enthusiastic, driven. Yes, we have our moments, but then it was never easy with Harry (Redknapp)."