KHALILOU Fadiga is being tipped for an international recall after making a remarkable comeback from his heart problems.

The Wanderers' midfielder, who is expected to be in the starting line-up against Oldham in the FA Cup on Sunday, could be back in the Senegal side he once captained to World Cup glory as early as next month.

Senegal, who beat France on the way to the quarter-finals in Japan and Korea, play Cameroon in a friendly in France on February 9, and coach Guy Stephan, who is due to name his squad on Monday, is considering including Fadiga.

"I saw him when he played 90 minutes for the reserves and it is so good he is back in action, " Stephan said.

"As soon as he has a role in the first team at Bolton he will be in my thoughts for selection.""

Fadiga made an impressive return in the FA Cup win at Ipswich earlier this month after having a defibrillator fitted to correct a heart problem.

It was feared he would never play again when, having previously undergone heart surgery, he collapsed in the warm-up before Wanderers' Carling Cup tie against Spurs in October. But Sam Allardyce gave him the thumbs-up to resume training after consulting medical experts.

The Wanderers boss said having Fadiga back in the squad was "like signing a new player" and had gone some way to compensating for his failure to sign any of the players he had targeted in the transfer window.

He admits he has not had sufficient funds to strengthen his Premiership hand as he would have liked and does not expect to do any business, either incoming or outgoing transfers, before Monday's deadline. But he says he will be happy to run with what he has got, describing his current squad as: "The best I've ever had."

Already frustrated at having to abandon his attempts to sign Moscow Dynamo striker, Dmitri Bulykin, and the Oman international keeper, Ali Al-Habsi, he learned that Liverpool defender, Stephane Henchoz, had rejected his offer and had set about securing a move to Celtic.

He has not entirely given up hope of adding to his squad, but admits he will struggle to sign anyone better than the players already on his books, including the seven he put up for sale to raise funds.

"The squad is the best since I've been here," Allardyce said.

"I just thought we could create some funds and find somebody that was, maybe, better. But we've not been able to do that, so we carry on with what we've got.

"I'm not that desperate. The players have played so well and achieved so many results. We've had injuries but still managed to cope extremely well."