Wanderers are prepared to let Simon Coleman spend the final phase of his comeback programme on loan to another club.
But Colin Todd has no intention of doing any of his Division One rivals a favour.
The Burnden boss will impose strict conditions on who can and who cannot make use of his talented centre-back.
"If it's a Division One club it will have to be one near to the bottom of the table," Todd explained, "Certainly not one of our rivals at the top. I'm not going to end up with egg on my face if the club Simon joins suddenly strings a run of results together that puts pressure on us."
Coleman, who missed a year of football with a broken leg, has been sidelined since July with Achilles and calf problems. Fit again, he has had two reserve outings and one A team game but has been frustrated by the shortage of suitable games to hone his match fitness.
Todd has been sympathetic and says: "Simon can't get in my team at this moment in time but he needs competitive games to improve his match fitness.
"Reserve team football isn't good enough for him. He needs to be playing in league games in front of crowds to get the adrenalin flowing." POLICE have lifted the all-ticket restriction on Wanderers' third round Coca-Cola Cup tie against Chelsea tomorrow night.
Spectators will be allowed to pay at the turnstiles after checks showed the Londoners had sold only a third of their 3,000 ticket allocation.
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