OWEN Coyle will step up his search for reinforcements after six of his first-team regulars reported injuries over the weekend.

Tim Ream, Zat Knight, Matt Mills, Chris Eagles, Chung-Yong Lee and David Ngog are all carrying minor knocks and could miss Wednesday night’s trip to Morecambe’s Globe Arena.

The mounting injury list leaves Coyle’s squad looking rather threadbare all of a sudden – but the Whites boss is confident he will soon be able to add to his options.

“Nothing is absolutely imminent but we’ve got a couple of enquiries in and I’d like to think I can add one or two more in the next couple of weeks,” he told The Bolton News .

It is understood there has been a breakthrough in talks with Colombia international Carlos Sanchez, with a deal now a strong possibility.

The former Valenciennes midfielder has spoken with the club after several weeks of delays and is now mulling over an offer.

Coyle is also pursuing a striker but admits he has been frustrated at not being able to field his first-choice attacking trio – Kevin Davies , Marvin Sordell and Ngog – in the first four games of the pre-season.

“You’d always want everyone available all the time,” he said. “But we know we have good players and that they will score goals in the Championship.

“We haven’t been able to use Marvin because he has been playing for Team GB, and I thought he did really well the other night. David has had a bad back, but he trained really well the other day and it's just a case of not risking him at the moment.

“Those two do give us a different threat. The skipper is as good a target man as you’d want to find anywhere but both Marvin and David are able to go in behind defenders as well, so that creates different problems.

“It will be nice when they are back on board but we’d maybe still like to add another option up there.”