Bolton Wanderers’ players have belatedly been paid their wages for November as the club scrambles to secure its immediate future.

The playing squad had not received their wages, as expected, this morning but payment has now been made.

Bolton’s co-owner Ken Anderson warned this week that the club could be forced into administration unless a deal is struck to purchase the 40 per cent shareholding of fellow owner Dean Holdsworth, the former Bolton striker.

Anderson hopes to win sole control of Bolton imminently after reaching an agreement in principle with Holdsworth, together with whom he completed a protracted takeover of the club in March.