JON Dadi Bodvarsson has revealed why he feels Ian Evatt will be extra motivated for success next season. The Icelandic striker says he holds no “no grudges” with the club or his former manager, who took the decision to release him this summer after two-and-a-half seasons. Evatt met with him a week after the play-off final defeat against Oxford United, with the emotions of Wembley still very much at the surface.
But Bodvarsson, who scored 25 goals in 94 appearances for the Whites, believes the hurt of missing out on promotion will provide the Bolton boss with fuel to succeed next term. “When we met you could see on his face that he was still very shaken,” he told The Bolton News . “It shows how much he cares, and he really does care about the football club.
He was so confident, like you, me and everyone else that we were going to do it, and the way it ended was very hard to take emotionally for everyone. “Knowing him and his mentality, I think he is going to be even more hungry than ever for the club, himself and the lads to succeed next season.” On Wanderers ’ decision not to renew his contract this summer, Bodvarsson said his experience in the game had prepared him for the worst, even though he hoped to continue at a club where he had felt so comfortable.
“I can see both sides,” he said. “The way it all ended, maybe they need a bit of a restart, a lot of changes. I am not getting any younger as well, I’m 32, and that can also be a factor even though I.
