Kevin Nolan, the Bolton Wanderers captain, has urged the club to allow El-Hadji Diouf to leave in the summer.

The 27-year-old Senegal international has made it clear he does not want to stay at the Reebok Stadium beyond the end of the season, and Nolan believes the club needs players who are fully committed.

"We have always prided ourselves at Bolton Wanderers in knowing that everyone wants to play for the club," he said. "Everyone is in it together. There's no question that Diouffy has shown that while he has been here, but if the lad wants to go, let him go.

"We are going to miss a player like Diouffy, but we have got Jussi Jaaskelainen out of contract, Ricardo Gardner and Ivan Campo, all massive players.

"We need to secure their futures, too, but none of them have come out and said they want to leave. Diouffy has and that's entirely up to him, but we can't just be thinking about El-Hadji Diouf."