Former Blackburn Rovers winger Craig Conway has been training with Bolton Wanderers ahead of the start of the new season, journalist Alan Nixon has reported.

Conway is a free agent after leaving Rovers earlier in the summer transfer window, having made exactly 200 appearances in all competitions for the Lancashire side during his five and a half years at Ewood Park.

Bolton meanwhile are set to start next season in League One with a 12 point deduction after suffering relegation and entering administration at the end of last season.

As a result of that situation, there are currently only six senior players available to Wanderers manager Phil Parkinson, with little over three weeks remaining until the start of the new campaign.

Although the Bolton News have since reported that Conway is only training with the club for fitness purposes, you wonder if that could change if Bolton struggle to find any other recruits between now and the start of the season.

So would Conway be a good signing for Bolton if he did join the club?

Here, we've put the spotlight on Conway's performances for Blackburn last season to find out.

At first, the initial stats do not look particularly great for Conway.

Even for a 34-year-old who played something of a bit-part role for Rovers last year- making 21 Championship appearances across the course of the season - you feel there would be an expectation for an attacking player such as Conway to provide more than just a single goal and single assist.

Even so, that does not mean that a move for the winger would be wasted by Bolton in any sense, as can be seen by Conway's productivity in a number of other areas next season.

For starters, an average of 5.3 crosses per game certainly shows that Conway is both capable and confident of delivering balls into the opposition penalty area, something which Bolton's attackers may be able to capitalise on next season.

With little time to put a squad together, it may be difficult for Bolton to fine-tune their tactics in the early months of the season, so a more simple approach of putting the ball into the mixer - which Conway is evidently adept at - may not be a bad thing for Parkinson to consider if they do bring in the Scot.

In addition, despite Conway's age, it still feels as though the winger is capable of providing an element of impetus to the squad.

With an average of more than three dribbles per game and a pass success rate of more than 75%, Conway certainly appears to be someone who can both take an attack to opposition defences, and provide an effective link up with his teammates going forward.

One further advantage that Conway's style of play that Bolton can potentially exploit is the 34-year-old's ability to win fouls, having earned an average of around two free-kicks per game. As has already been mentioned, it could be difficult for Bolton to establish and perfect a tactical approach with a makeshift squad, meaning that set pieces are another opportunity that Bolton may have to look to exploit next season.

With Conway's ability at both winning and putting set pieces into an opposition penalty area, combined with his all-round experience and ability,that could make the Scot someone well worth considering for Bolton as they prepare for what looks set to be another difficult season.