BOLTON Wanderers have issued a statement about the developing situation with fans in Belgrade.

Here is statement in full.

BOLTON WANDERERS OFFICIAL STATEMENT The Directors, Management, and Players of Bolton Wanderers Football Club, wish to express their frustration and disappointment at the way the Club's supporters (travelling on the official Bolton Wanderers package tour) have been treated upon their arrival in Belgrade ahead of tonight's UEFA Cup match.

The Club and its travel partner TMG share the anger and discontent felt by our supporters detained temporarily by the Serbian police at the Hotel National, without reasonable explanation, and sympathise with those who have subsequently been prevented from visiting Belgrade City centre before the match.

This sentiment is shared by the UEFA delegation, The Football Association, The British Embassy, the President of Red Star Belgrade and travelling British Police. Strong and intensive representations to the Serbian Police have been made continuously since this incident arose. Bolton Wanderers directors, Red Star Belgrade directors, the British Embassy staff, the FA advisor on crowd control Eddie Walsh, and Chief Inspector Peter Matthews from Bolton police have been in continuous contact with the Serbian authorities during the day.

However, all attempts to resolve this situation have met with the response of "the matter is under consideration" from the Belgrade Police. The actions of the Serbian police have been made entirely unilaterally and with no prior warning or agreement with Bolton Wanderers FC or other relevant parties.

Bolton Wanderers FC are fully aware of a crowd order situation that arose last Sunday (when a Serbian police officer was attacked with flares), and we do understand that this may have increased security issues for the local police.

There have also been unconfirmed reports that Serbian Police have received specific intelligence suggesting Bolton Supporters may be at risk of attack in Belgrade City centre. However, the club is seeking further information and clarification.

Bolton Wanderers wish to state that the health, safety and wellbeing of all our supporters remain the number one priority for the Football Club. However, until any further information is available on this matter, we wish to apologise for any inconvenience that today's unfortunate events have caused our supporters.

The Club would also like to thank the travelling supporters for their exemplary behaviour, as always, in such difficult circumstances.