"£1.75m-£2m" - Bolton Wanderers urged to demand seven-figure fee for "prized asset" Aaron Collins | OneFootball

FLW's Bolton Wanderers fan pundit has given his view on how much forward Aaron Collins is worth.

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It has been a turbulent season for Bolton Wanderers in League One, but they will be hoping to secure a play-off place under the guidance of new head coach Steven Schumacher.

After he came under increasing pressure from supporters, Bolton parted company with long-serving manager Ian Evatt last month after four-and-a-half years in charge, replacing him with Schumacher.

Schumacher lost his first game as Trotters boss at Reading, but back-to-back victories in the last two games against Crawley Town and Shrewsbury Town have moved his side up to eighth in the table, just three points from the play-off places.

While Wanderers have been inconsistent for much of the season, one player who has impressed is forward Aaron Collins.

Collins made the move to the Toughsheet Community Stadium from Bristol Rovers last January for a fee of £750,000, and after scoring nine goals in 22 games for Bolton in the second half of last season, he has impressed again this term.

The 27-year-old has thrived in recent months after being moved to a more central role, and after the surprise sale of Dion Charles to Huddersfield Town in January, Schumacher will be hoping that he can be the man to fire the Trotters to promotion.

Bolton Wanderers fan pundit makes bold Aaron Collins claim

When asked which player is the club's prized asset, FLW's Bolton Wanderers fan pundit Liam O'Meara said that Collins has certainly earned that title, and he believes the Welshman is now worth at least between £1.75 million and £2 million.

"Bolton's prized asset now has to be Aaron Collins," Liam said.

"There are quite a few other players that would potentially be of interest to other teams, such as Josh Sheehan and James McAtee, but Collins, by some distance, is our prized asset at the moment.

"I think Bolton have tried to adapt him into a player that can play centrally and we're now seeing the goals from it.

"He's added goals to his game, so for Bolton to be accepting an offer for Collins, it'd have to be between £1.75m and £2 m before they consider an offer for him."

Bolton Wanderers must resist any Aaron Collins transfer advances

As shown by the departure of Charles in January, Bolton are prepared to cash in on a player for the right price, but they simply must not sell Collins in the summer.

If the Trotters achieve their promotion ambitions this season, they will be in a much stronger position to keep hold of Collins, but despite an upturn in form since Evatt's sacking last month, it is still far from certain that they will finish in the top six.

Collins has scored 24 goals in 62 games for Wanderers so far, which is more than one goal every three games, and it is difficult to disagree with Liam that the former Wales youth international is the club's biggest asset.

Bolton must do everything possible to keep hold of Collins in the summer, but if he was to move on, the Lancashire outfit would at least be able to make a significant profit on the £750,000 fee they paid for him a year ago.