PAUL Warhurst could have played his last senior game for Wanderers after being told he can go out on loan, if an offer comes along.

The talented defender-cum-midfielder is desperate to play first team football after recovering from the latest of a series of injury setbacks that have blighted his season.

But opportunities at the Reebok are so limited with Ivan Campo and Per Frandsen doing so well in the defensive midfield role that the 33-year-old accepts he may have to look elsewhere. And, with his current contract expiring at the end of the season, that could mean the end of his Wanderers' days.

"I've had a talk with the manager about the situation and he has agreed to let me go out on loan, either for a month or until the end of the season," said the former Oldham, Sheffield Wednesday, Blackburn and Crystal Palace ace.

"I need first team football and, in the current situation at Bolton, I'm obviously not going to get straight back into the team.'

Warhurst, who is expected to get a second successive reserve team game at Sunderland on Thursday night, joined Wanderers from Palace in a £1 million deal in December 1998.