The 31-year-old scored the winner for the Trotters in their FA Cup clash with Wigan in midweek and is set to start the fifth round tie against Fulham on Sunday. Klasnic has struggled with niggling injuries but is now hoping for an extended run in the side, although he will have to compete with the likes of Kevin Davies, Daniel Sturridge and Johan Elmander at the Reebok. Coyle says the Croatia international has not been at his best this term but thinks the winner at the Latics will have given him more confidence. "I don't think Ivan has been at his maximum, but he is getting there. The Wigan game will have done him the world of good," he said in The People. "He was always going to be a very important player to keep at the club. We know how good a finisher he is. "It has been a stop-start season for him. When he was fit we were playing well but then he got injured." Klasnic spent the last campaign on loan at Bolton from Nantes and penned permanent terms with the Premier League outfit last summer, although the powerful frontman had to take a pay cut. Coyle reveals it may have been a difficult decision to accept a reduction in pay but believes Klasnic's time at the club will benefit him as a player. "When you are used to those sums you want those sums but he was prepared to take that cut," the Scot added. "We had to work within our means when we were trying to sign him and he was ready to buy into that and take a hit. "He still earns well but not to the extent that he had."
