Bolton

The Croatian impressed while on loan with the Trotters last season and managed to chip in with eight goals despite struggling with injury.

Klasnic has an eye for goal and Wanderers boss Owen Coyle would love to get him back on board if a deal can be hammered out with Nantes and the player.

The French club are happy to let him leave on another season-long loan deal but want Bolton to pay his wages, which are said to be as high as £60,000 a week.

Bolton want Nantes to foot some of the bill and unless a compromise can be reached, the deal will not happen.

“I have said all along that if we can get something sorted financially with Ivan, then I would love to have him back at the football club,” Coyle revealed.

“But finance does play a part – and without getting into the bits and pieces, he’s on a fantastic contract at his club. That’s the only thing standing in our way, nothing else.

“I think Ivan is a top class player who will score goals in my team. But if it’s too rich for the football club, it’s too rich.”

Strikers who can score goals in the Premier League are a rare commodity and Coyle has so far struggled to find one at the right price, meaning he has turned his attentions back to Klasnic.

The Croatian has already proven himself and if Coyle is not careful he could lose the player to a Premier League rival. Most clubs are in the hunt for a new striker with Blackburn, Birmingham and Newcastle in particular all keen to strengthen.

Coyle wants to move Bolton on to the next level and a top 10 finish (10/3) is not out of the question if he can get the right striker on board, and Klasnic could be that man.

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