Bolton Wanderers captain Kevin Davies says the players are unfazed by reports linking manager Owen Coyle with Liverpool.

The striker insists the players expect Coyle to be the subject of such speculation.

Davies said: "The speculation doesn't distract us one little bit because it happens with managers like it happens with players.

"Owen Coyle has been very ­successful in his managerial career so far, and I am sure that there will be clubs looking at him, because he's very good at what he does.

"But I think he's really happy here, he knows he's got a good set of players and he enjoys working with them.

"Hopefully we can hold on to him for a while. He can have some success with this team. He is such a positive person, so ­competitive, a real winner.

"He wants to win at table tennis, head tennis, all the little competitions we have during the week. That rubs off on players. He wants us to be winners."



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