The Wigan Athletic fans who were expecting new signings during the mid season transfer window might not get their wish fulfilled as the newly appointed manager of the club, Uwe Rosler, is not in a mood to spend that much money in January. He might be making one or two loan signings, but, the permanent signings are not supposed to be made.
Wigan had earned a big amount of money by selling James McCarthy last summer and the previous manager Owen Coyle was expected to use that sum to bring in new faces at the DW Stadium in January, but, before the opening of the mid season transfer window, he got axed and the new manager arrived in the form of Rosler who reckons that he doesn’t know at the moment what kind of players the team needs and that’s why he would not go for the new permanent signings.
Talking to the reporters yesterday, Rosler said, “You can’t expect a manager to come and start making signings straight away. I need a bit of time to know the squad, to find out what we are lacking and what kind of players we should look for.”
“However, I will see if I can bring in a few guys on loan. I am not in a position to sign anyone on a permanent basis right now.”
Wigan’s performance after the arrival of Rosler has been good. They have secured points from almost every game of late and have moved up to no. 10 in the Championship points table. They currently have 36 points in 24 matches.
Wigan’s next match is against MK Dons. That’s a FA Cup third round fixture and will take place at stadium mk on Tuesday.
Wigan had become the FA Cup champion in the last season.
