Bulent eyes Bolton debut

Akin Bulent could be set for his Bolton debut after completing a four-match ban.

Bulent has not started a Premiership match for the Trotters since joining them from Galatasaray at the start of the season, but is in the squad for the Boxing Day clash with Newcastle.

Youri Djorkaeff and Bruno N’Gotty are boss Sam Allardyce’s main injury concerns with N‘Gotty in particular struggling with a troublesome calf strain.

Provisional squad: Jaaskelainen, N’Gotty, Bergsson, Barness, Bulent, Campo, Charlton, Frandsen, Okocha, Tofting, Nolan, Pedersen, Djorkaeff, Ricketts, Poole, Whitlow, Farrelly, Walters, Smith