Borgetti's Ready

Last updated : 23 October 2005 By Matt Bottom
Bolton Wanderers boss Sam Allardyce believes summer signing Jared Borgetti is now ready for an extended Premiership run.

Borgetti, 32, scored a fabulous equaliser in Thursday night's 1-1 UEFA Cup draw at Besiktas and Allardyce believes he finally has a player who can rival first-choice Kevin Davies for a place in the team.

Allardyce raved: "If Borgetti continues to score like that and play like that, then he's going to force his way into the side.

"That can possibly be Sunday and if not then, I can see it coming on Wednesday against West Ham.

"We've got two games a week all the way into December - and there's the possibility of alternating Kevin Davies if we see a big impact from Jared.

"That'd be great for us and put pressure on Kevin, who's been magnificent for us for the last three years."