Both former England defender Powell and the out of favour Saviola had been linked with weekend moves to the Reebok Stadium but the club have stated that the pair are not of interest to the Wanderers.
Big Sam is famous for his last minute transfer swoops, in February the Liverpool defender Jon Otsemobor was signed on loan with just a quarter of an hour remaining of the deadline whilst a year ago both Glen Little, then of Burnley and former French international Ibrahim Ba where added to the Bolton ranks.
A goalkeeper to rival Jussi Jaaskelainen and Kevin Poole is high on the agenda but as expected the Wanderers manager is keeping his cards close to his chest until the targets have signed on the dotted line.