Bolton boss Gary Megson insists controversial striker El-Hadji Diouf could yet stay at the Reebok Stadium in the wake of the club's successful fight against relegation.

Diouf, 27, recently declared his intention to quit the Trotters this summer regardless of whether the club preserved their Premier League status.

But Megson is refusing to rule out the prospect of keeping him beyond the summer, and warned that only a significant fee would persuade Bolton to sell the former Liverpool forward, who has been linked with moves to France and Spain.

Diouf has only one year remaining on his contract and Bolton risk losing him to a Bosman transfer next summer if he stays at the club on his existing deal.

"He has made this statement about this being his last season," said Megson.

"But he's a great character and I know him well enough to know he will say one thing one minute and another thing the next.

"He's a temperamental person and I don't want him to go anywhere.

"Having said that, if somebody does come in for him they are going to have to pay a lot of money to get him.

"Then they're going to have pay Dioufy what we pay him in wages - which is a lot of money as well."