Bolton manager Gary Megson admits he is excited by the potential of new midfielder Fabrice Muamba ahead of the new Premier League campaign.
The 20-year-old, who joined from Birmingham for £5m, is set to make his Trotters debut in a friendly at Rochdale on Friday night.
Megson told the Manchester Evening News: "He is a real athlete on the pitch. He has got real ability but the exciting thing from our point of view is that he can get even better."


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tomsampson (Aston Villa fan)
"5 million for him!!!!!!!!! rip off!!! a horrible signing. he is the most technically berift player in the league"
RQuaresma (Manchester United fan)
"definitely so but too bad for him he has joined the wrong club!"
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