Megson saw his side suffer their second successive defeat in the festive fixtures when they went down 1-0 to Wigan at the Reebok Stadium on Sunday.

On-loan striker Amr Zaki's 44th-minute penalty - his 11th goal of the season - was enough to separate the two sides.

It leaves Bolton again looking anxiously over their shoulders and Megson seeking reinforcements.

He said: "We have got to get some players in. We have known this all along. If you look at the bench we've got three kids on it.

"We've already made inquiries but as you can imagine there are not a huge number of players available in January.

"It is going to be difficult, we will have a look around and see what we can do as we are effectively working with a first-team squad of only 14 players."