Wigan Athletic - Muamba's Return

Two in, one out

Wigan Athletic have confirmed two new players arriving from Ecuador and Brazil respectively. Jefferson Montero will join the Premier League side in an attempt to reach the mid-table. The Ecuatorian midfielder joined Morelia this season and made just one appearance, assisting a goal before departing for new pastures. The midfielder played for Villareal but decided to leave after the Yellow Submarine were relegated to the Liga Adelante. The new Latics manager decided to activate Montero's release clause which cost the club 1.3 million. Meanwhile, Argentinian Jesus Datolo has joined from Internacional de Porto Alegre after he wrote up a transfer request and Wigan secured his services to give Beausejour some competition. The Argentinian has 2 apps for Argentina, racking two goals. In the other hand, Antigua and Barbuda captain Emerson Boyce left the club after Trippier's arrival at the DW Stadium. The ageing right-back left for Nottingham Forrest on a deal rumoured to be 1.1 million.

Jesus Datolo

Jesus Datolo celebrating a goal for Internacional

Jefferson Montero

Montero speaking to the press after his recent transfer to Wigan.

Couple of nice signings there Jezza

Great signing in Kieran Trippier!! He's someone I watch week in week out IRL at Burnley and is definatlty my favorite player.

"Crazy deadline day" - Muamba

New Latics boss Muamba has labelled deadline day as 'crazy'. Four players at Wigan left the club, two on a permanent and the latter two on loans. Hondurian centre-back Maynor Figueroa left the club to join ice cold Russia super club CSKA Moscow. The centre-backs contract expired at the end of the season, but CSKA decided to pay 5 million pounds. A few hours later, Q.P.R. would table a 4.6 million bid for Scottish midfielder James McArthur. With the imminent arrival of Gonalons, Muamba decided to accept the bid in order to give McArthur a better chance elsewhere. The two loan departures comes with Nouha Dicko going to Portuguese giants Benfica. The Portuguese giants will pay a massive 150k monthly fee and all of Dicko's wages. The other loan signing, Maloney, will go to Premier League rivals Southampton on a 1 year deal with Southampton paying all of Maloney's wages and 70k per month. Southampton hold a 3.4 million clause if they want to buy Maloney throughout the loan spell. However, Muamba replaced both Figueroa and McArthur with two great players. The recent transfers of Ciaran Clark and Maxime Gonalons. The Irish defender joined Wigan after Muamba tabled a 3.8 million bid for the player. Surprisingly, Paul Lambert accepted the bid and Muamba quickly wrapped up the transfer. Meanwhile, Gonalons reached a record transfer fee for Wigan. The 6.5 million transfer will be payed over four years and Muamba told the press about his excitement to see him in a blue and white shirt. The former Birmingham player said," Gonalons is a great player. His reading of the game is excellent and with McCarthy, they will pull the strings from the midfield. I was quite surprised when I learned that Gonalons was available and for that price, I had to take it."

Maxime Gonalons

Gonalons celebrating a goal for Lyon

Ciaran Clark

Clark commanding the Aston Villa defense during the pre-season

two outstanding signings on i sign gonalons almost every save and he improves massively & can be sold on for a big transfer fee. cant wait to see how this season go's for you i can imagine it being a really productive one.

2013-04-27 12:32#95400 Seni : nice start pauker, good idea being muamba too!

Thanks Seni! Arvind gave me the idea, so it's all because of him :P. Thanks for reading and commenting Seni :P.

2013-04-27 12:44#95406 Glenn T : This and a few others.

Thanks Glenn :). Thanks for reading and commenting Glenn.

2013-04-27 18:42#95566 Blue : Couple of nice signings there Jezza

Thanks Blue. I hope they gel in and create good performances throughout the season. Thanks for reading and commenting Blue.

2013-04-27 19:12#95574 BFC_Michael : Great signing in Kieran Trippier!! He's someone I watch week in week out IRL at Burnley and is definatlty my favorite player.

I hope that he plays well :P. It's pretty cool you get to watch him. Definitely can become a Wigan favorite. Thanks for reading and commenting Michael :).

2013-04-27 19:19#95580 Hortensius : two outstanding signings on i sign gonalons almost every save and he improves massively & can be sold on for a big transfer fee. cant wait to see how this season go's for you i can imagine it being a really productive one.

Thanks Hortensius! Gonalons has massive potential and when I saw him transfer listed it was something I needed to sign. Plus, I desperately needed a defensive minded midfielder. Thanks for reading and commenting Hortensius. I hope to see you more commenting here :)!

August: Inconsistency

Q.P.R. 2-2 Wigan Athletic – Premier League 18.8.2012

Wigan Athletic(4-2-3-1): Al Habsi, Trippier, Ramis, Muniesa, Figueroa, Scharner, McCarthy, Maloney, Jordi Gomez, Hughes, Di Santo

30' Jose Bosingwa
59' Bobby Zamora
67' Arouna Kone
86' Arouna Kone

Injuries: None

Subs:
45' Franco Di Santo Arouna Kone
62' Ivan Ramis Gary Caldwell

Bookings:
23' Shaun Derry
54' James McCarthy
68' Kieran Trippier
79' Jermain Jenas
82' Marc Muniesa

MOTM: Esteban Granero 9.0(Q.P.R.)

Wigan Athletic 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur – Premier League 25.8.2012

Wigan Athletic(4-2-3-1): Al-Habsi, Trippier, Ramis, Muniesa, Figueroa, McCarthy, Scharner, Hughes, Gomez, Maloney, Kone.

Jermain Defoe 8'
Jose Sosa 34'
Arouna Kone 45(+1)'
Arouna Kone 50'
Jermain Defoe 55'

Injuries: None

Bookings:
54' Shaun Maloney
77' Marc Muniesa

Subs: 70' Jordi Gomez Jean Beausejour

MOTM: Aroune Kone 8.8(Wigan Athletic)

Wigan Athletic 3-2 Carlisle – Capital One Cup Second Round 28.8.2012

Wigan Athletic(4-2-3-1): Joel, Trippier, Alcaraz, Caldwell, Figueroa, McArthur, Watson, Datolo, Vukcevic, Beausejour, Kone.

15' Jean Beausejour
26' Gary Caldwell
53' Arouna Kone
55' Lee Miller
66' Lee Miller

Subs:
63' James McArthur David Jones
63' Arouna Kone Carlos Fierro
90' Maynor Figeroua Marc Muniesa

Bookings:
71' Danny Livesey
77' Kieran Trippier


MOTM: Lee Miller 8.8(Carlisle)

Arsenal 2-0 Wigan Athletic – Premier League 1.9.2012

Wigan Athletic(4-2-3-1): Al-Habsi, Trippier, Ramis, Caldwell, Muniesa, McCarthy, Gonalons, Montero, Hughes, Datolo, Kone

28' Santi Cazorla
76' Laurent Koscielny

Subs:
74' Maxime Gonalons Paul Scharner
74' Jesus Datolo Simon Vukcevic
89' Arouna Kone Franco Di Santo

Bookings:
None

MOTM: Per Mertesacker 8.3(Arsenal)

League Table

August Player of the Month

Not the best month ever but I am sure you can turn things around Pauker, if anyone can, you can

Quite a bad month but still Koné manage to be player of the month so this save it all
I'm sure the results will quick get better, good luck

Quite a bad month but you will build on it, new signings will gel soon, Gonalons is a great signing as well

Unlucky so far, mate.

Bad month, but it'll improve

Not a great start to the season but I know that you can turn it around!

September: Stepping Backwards

Wigan Athletic 0-0 Newcastle United – Premier League 15.9.2012

Wigan Athletic(4-2-3-1): Al Habsi, Trippier, Ramis, Caldwell, Muniesa, Gonalons, McCarthy, Datolo, Hughes, Montero, Fierro

Injuries: Jesus Datolo (10 days)

Subs:
32' Jesus Datolo Jean Beausejour
66' Ivan Ramis Ciaran Clark
89' Carlos Fierro Arouna Kone

Bookings:
66' James McCarthy

MOTM: Gary Caldwell 8.0 (Wigan Athletic)

Sunderland 2-3 Wigan Athletic – Premier League 22.9.2012

Wigan Athletic(4-2-3-1): Al Habsi, Trippier, Ramis, Caldwell, Clark, Gonalons, McCarthy, Vukcevic, Hughes, Montero, Fierro


James McClean 8'
Will Hughes 20'
Simon Vukcevic 43'
James McCarthy 54'
Steven Fletcher 59'

Injuries: None

Bookings:
42' Stephan Sessegnon
60' Sebastien Larsson

Subs:
61' Kieran Trippier Paul Scharner
66' Jefferson Montero Arouna Kone

MOTM: Aroune Kone 9.0(Sunderland )

Wigan Athletic 1-3 Arsenal – Capital One Cup Third Round 25.9.2012

Wigan Athletic(4-2-3-1): Al-Habsi, Trippier, Ramis, Caldwell, Clark, McCarthy, Gonalons, Montero, Vukcevic, Beausejour, Kone.

52' Lukas Podolski
61' Oliver Giroud
65' Ivan Ramis
90(+1)' Younes Belhanda

Subs:
55' Jean Beausejour Jordi Gomez
55' Arouna Kone Carlos Fierro
79' Jefferson Montero David Jones

Bookings:
60' Maxime Gonalons

MOTM: Oliver Giroud 8.4(Arsenal)

Wigan Athletic 1-3 Manchester City – Premier League 30.9.2012

Wigan Athletic(4-2-3-1): Al-Habsi, Trippier, Ramis, Caldwell, Muniesa, McCarthy, Gonalons, Montero, Hughes, Kone, Henriquez

16' Angelo Henriquez
36' James Milner
54' Edin Dzeko
79' Gareth Barry

Subs:
60' Ivan Ramis Paul Scharner
70' Ciaran Clark Alcaraz
85' Arouna Kone Simon Vukcevic

Bookings:
None

MOTM: James Milner 9.0(Manchester City)

League Table

Some mixed results but it's great to see you climbing the table