Bogdan hoping to take Bolton chance

Last updated : 03 September 2010 By Team Talk

The Hungarian youngster is set to be handed a Premier League stage on which to perform while first-choice shot-stopper Jussi Jaaskelainen serves a suspension.

The Finn picked up a needless red card in the Trotters' last top flight outing against Birmingham and will miss the club's next three fixtures.

That means Bogdan, who filled in for 55 minutes against Blues, will be handed a chance to shine.

He has been thrust into the spotlight as back-up keeper Ali Ab Habsi has been loaned to Wigan, leaving Owen Coyle short of options.

However the 22-year-old, who made his first-team bow is last week's Carling Cup date with Southampton, is unfazed by the responsibility placed on his shoulders.

"It's exciting. What I've realised is you don't get anywhere without hard work," Bogdan said in the Manchester Evening News.

"Some keepers get a chance at 18 or 19 and play for the first team because they're so good or just get lucky with opportunities.

"But some have to do it step-by-step and that's what I am doing.

"Hopefully, I'll get where I really want to be sooner rather than later."

Bogdan admits that working with Jaaskelainen on a day-to-day basis can only have helped him and believes the Finn is an ideal role model.

"From Jussi, the biggest thing you can learn is how to be professional," he said. "Obviously, we have a good relationship and if he sees something I didn't do right, he'll tell me."

Having been handed his big chance with Bolton, Under-21 international Bogdan is also setting his sights on breaking into the Hungarian national side before too long.

"I've been with the senior squad a couple of times," he added. "And I was fortunate to be on the bench in a friendly against Belgium last November."

Source: Team Talk

Source: Team Talk