Alan Knill is waiting for Premier League Clearance regarding the capture of Manchester United midfielder Sam Hewson joining the Shakers on loan until the end of the season.

Bolton-born Sam Hewson is a creative central midfielder and a strong passer who likes to score goals. Combining an ability to break up opposition play and a talent to push forward and create chances, or indeed score them himself, Hewson is an accomplished player in the middle of the park.

Sam made 24 appearances for the Under-18s in 2005/06, scoring six goals, and his impressive performances for Paul McGuiness' side soon earned him regular call-ups to United's Reserves.

Hewson first started playing football at the age of six, "kicking a tennis ball around in the school playground". He was spotted two years later playing for his local team, AFC Bolton. After impressing in only his second match for the team, he was offered a trial at United and began training regularly with the Reds a year later, aged nine.

During his third season as an Academy scholar, in the 2007/08 campaign, Sam made sufficient impact in United's Reserves to be shortlisted for the Denzil Haroun Reserve Player of the Year. He was handed a Premier League squad number (no.33) at the beginning of the 2008/09 campaign and was later loaned out to League One outfit Hereford United to gain first-team experience

Sam will take squad number 4 for the rest of the season