SVEN-Goran Eriksson is turning into a wide boy!

The Blues' boss has put out an urgent SOS to all his advisers and scouting contacts to find him right and left wingers.

Eriksson began his first game in charge at Doncaster with Ishmael Miller on the left flank and Darius Vassell on the other side of a four-man midfield but he wasn't impressed - taking them off at half-time.

Now Academy product Miller looks destined for the exit door with Watford and Preston both keen to sign him.

That will mean Vassell convincing Eriksson he is worth keeping as the new boss looks to usher in a new era of wing play once made famous by Mike Summerbee and, more recently, Peter Barnes.

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The big-spending Blues are keeping tabs on Atletico Madrid winger Martin Petrov but the wide man they would most dearly like to land is still Ludo Giuly at Barcelona although Nantes winger Christian Wilhelmsson, also on Bolton's wanted list, could also come into the Swede's calculations.

French-flyer Guily, whose contract at the Nou Camp runs out in a year's time, celebrated his 31st birthday last week but his ability and experience far outweigh the age factor.

He is also the kind of leader Eriksson admires, having captained Monaco to the Champions League final in 2003-04 where they lost to Jose Mourinho's Porto.

Madrid, meanwhile, want around £5.5m for the services of 28-year-old Bulgarian ace Petrov though his stay has not been the most productive, scoring twice in 48 outings for them.

"It is important to have width in the side and we are looking at those positions," Sven admitted ahead of the two-match stay in Sweden.

"I think that during the last nine or ten days my staff and I have talked about 100 different players," he said guardedly. "I am not going to name anyone but there are still several positions we need to address."