Departing Bolton Wanderers striker Henrik Pedersen says the club is in good hands with Sammy Lee in charge.

"Big Sam has gone and most people probably thought he should have got the England job ahead of (Steve) McClaren," he said.

"So it was probably the right time for him to move on, especially with Bolton qualifying for Europe and Sam leaving it in Sammy Lee's good hands to take even further.

"There's still so many good players there and I'm confident they will continue to build on everything that was achieved under Allardyce.

"There's Kevin Nolan, Kevin Davies, Stelios, Anelka, (El-Hadji) Diouf, Nicky Hunt and hopefully Joey O'Brien will be back to compete for a place this season."