Wanderers are affected by the former and have a limit of £1.5m annually on player wages. The Trotters brought in 20 new players over the summer either permanently or on loan as part of a squad overhaul by new Wanderers head coach Ian Evatt.
And having come to the club at the start of July, Evatt outlined the challenges faced from moving to the University of Bolton Stadium amid a pandemic when there was no confirmation of when the 2020/21 season would commence, but admitted '100%' that the imposition of the salary cap did alter the way players were acquired.
He said: "The difficulty was that we all knew we needed to recruit players but the timing was awkward because we didn’t know when the restart was, first and foremost, then when season.
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