Bolton Wanderers have a real chance of staying up thanks to Parkinson's transfer dealings.

The Trotters don't have the budget of other clubs in the Championship, but they currently sit four points outside the relegation places in 19th place.

Birmingham City and Hull City both spent considerably more than them in the last two transfer windows and yet they find themselves below Bolton in the table.

Burton Albion, Barnsley, Millwall and Sunderland are the only clubs in the division that have a similar budget, but aside from Millwall they all languish below Bolton in the table.

Parkinson even lost chief striker Gary Madine in January when Cardiff swooped in and bought him for £6 million.

Based on his January transfer dealings, this wasn't able to be reinvested in the team but they did make a nice profit on a player they brought in as a free agent.

However, this hasn't affected their form because they have won against Bristol City and Sunderland as well as drawing with Fulham in the last five games since then.

Being able to work on such a small budget is admirable, but dealing with the large turnover of players is just as impressive. Near enough every six months, Parkinson has to bring in new players and quickly assimilate them into the team and his methods.

This approach is prone to mistakes as players develop an understanding between each other, but it seems to have had little effect on Bolton. If anything, they are in one of their best runs of form all season aside from maybe a spell in October/November.

Bolton's greatest asset currently is Parkinson and they need to prioritise keeping him in the long-term over anything else. Few managers could produce the results he has on such as small budget with limited guarantees.