YOURI Djorkaeff wants to cement his place in Wanderers' folkore by leading the club into Europe for the first time.

And the French maestro boldly believes that, with assaults now underway on two fronts, this could be their year.

"I am here to believe it and I want to believe it," said the legendary World Cup winner, who triggered the sensational fightback that snatched a famous derby victory from the jaws of defeat at Ewood Park.

"This could be historic for Bolton. We can finish in the top level -- maybe not in the five level (top five) but near to it and it would be historic if we could qualify for the UEFA Cup.

"We are also in the Carling Cup. Three games for a trophy ... that's nothing.

"It will be very difficult, yes, but we are very close."

Djorkaeff, who won the UEFA Cup with Inter Milan in 1998, is determined to leave his mark at the Reebok to repay the club for giving him a new lease of life after his troubled time at the German club Kaiserslautern. His is one of 14 senior contracts that expire this summer but Wanderers should have little trouble persuading him to stay on for a fourth season, judging by the affinity he has developed for the club since his arrival in February 2002.

"I am enjoying it here," he said. "I feel very good in Bolton, with the staff, the players and with the fans -- very comfortable and very clear in my mind. And I want to give something."

His focus is on the Premiership and there was genuine optimism in his assessment of the prospects for success on the league front after he turned in a performance of true class and character to orchestrate a victory which went a long way to erasing doubts about Wanderers' prospects of avoiding a relegation dogfight.

At 3-1 down, after Kevin Nolan had fired them ahead inside 14 seconds, Wanderers looked to be heading for a crushing, demoralising defeat until Djorkaeff gave them a lifeline two minutes before half time with a goal of pure genius. And it was the Frenchman's prompting and probing in the second half that rattled Rovers and inspired one of the most amazing transformations.

Sam Allardyce enthused: "I thought he got better and better once he scored the goal and his second half performance was absolutely top drawer."

Djorkaeff laid it on the line to his team-mates before the game, insisting it was time they turned good performances back into results, particularly against teams in their section of the league and was clearly delighted with the response when he suggested: "Maybe we will only know the significance of the result in the future but it was very important for me.

"All this season people have been saying we are starting to play very well, we have nice players, we play nice games ... but we were very close to the bottom of the table.

"So it was very important in this game to turn it round with a victory.

"The second part of the league is starting for us. What we did against Chelsea, against Fulham, against Arsenal and Manchester is forgotten now."