Megson says he saved Bolton from bankruptcy

Gary Megson says he saved Bolton Wanderers from relegation - and bankruptcy.

The Bolton boss, approaching his second anniversary in charge at the Reebok, believes the club would have been relegated — or be bankrupt — under other managers.

“While it might sound like I’m blowing my own trumpet, if most people had been in charge of Bolton under the same circumstances and in the same conditions, then this club would now be in the Championship or bankrupt,” he told the Bolton News.

“We haven’t spent our way out of the trouble, like a lot have done.

“My net spend here is around about £8million to get it from where it was, sort out the football club and the problems that were here, and yet remain in the Premiership. You look at Tottenham last year when they were in trouble, they went out and spent £50m to make sure they stayed up.

“Harry (Redknapp) did really well to keep them up, but then they go and spend another £70m in the summer to improve. We can’t do that but we’re still judged in the same way.

“I think we were the bottom spenders in this window, we will have been in the last window, and under the same circumstances this club would have really struggled.

“Whether it is right for me to be saying these things, I don't know. But I guess no one else will say them. Football people know though.”