NEIL Lennon has pledged a far-reaching review at Wanderers once he knows what budget he will be working with this summer.

The Whites boss wants to speak with chairman Phil Gartside about recruitment for next season and resolving contract issues with half a dozen of his first-team players.

But Lennon is also determined to get to the bottom of why the club have picked up so many injuries in the last 12 months and could request changes to the training pitch at Euxton.

With Wanderers all-but safe from relegation, the Northern Irishman is looking forward to putting his own stamp on his surroundings.

“I’d make massive changes if I got my way,” he told The Bolton News, “but that is not necessarily going to happen.

“I need to sit down with Phil and get a clear indication of what I can and cannot do.

“That won’t be an issue because I like it here, I think I have done a decent job so far but I think we can do better. There is great potential.

“I need to speak about player contracts – although I might change my mind with a few of them – and there is a lot of work to be done, in terms of where I want to take this club.

“You can’t do it overnight, or three months, or even in the space of a year.

“The first thing I wanted to do is make sure we’re in the Championship next year and then I’ll bolster the squad.”

Lennon wants a more durable squad next season and will be looking at why his players have picked up so many muscular injuries between November and February.

The likes of Craig Davies, Emile Heskey and Darren Pratley have been struck down with hamstring problems at one time or another – and the Whites boss could look to re-lay the playing surface at Euxton over the summer to see if any of the problems could be preventable.

“I can’t hark on about it, but there’s no question the injuries have damaged us heavily,” Lennon said. “There are some really good stalwarts in this squad – I like Matt Mills and Tim Ream, they’ve been really consistent, Pratley and three or four others on the treatment table would play.

“It’s something I want to look at going forward. Arsenal have just changed their pitches at the training ground and I think that’s something we’ll have to look at in order to curtail some of these injuries.

“Clough, Clayton, Pratley and Mark Davies would all make us better – there’s no question of that.”