Tom Watson

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Marked for Tom Watson

55 Edition

The Wigan Athletic Herald

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad16 Aug 2027

A fracture rules Jason Kerr out for 19 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Wigan Athletic will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

The dugout16 Aug 2027

Christian Saydee: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Wigan Athletic have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match14 Aug 2027

No end in sight to Wigan Athletic's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Wigan Athletic has to find a result from somewhere.

Market16 Aug 2027

Wigan Athletic turn down Barnet for Joseph Hungbo

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market16 Aug 2027

Tom Watson has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Wigan Athletic they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Transfer targets16 Aug 2027

Burnley tell Wigan Athletic: Quilindschy Hartman is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad16 Aug 2027

A falling-out at Wigan Athletic

Yasin Özcan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market16 Aug 2027

Lincoln City watching Dara Costelloe

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Wigan Athletic have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

The dugout16 Aug 2027

The manager has not finished forgetting Myles Peart-Harris's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

In brief

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53 Edition

The Wigan Athletic Herald

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad2 Aug 2027

A fracture rules Jason Kerr out for 34 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Wigan Athletic will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market2 Aug 2027

Tom Watson has said yes to Oldham Athletic

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Wigan Athletic have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market2 Aug 2027

Wigan Athletic turn down Barrow AFC for Joseph Hungbo

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets2 Aug 2027

Wigan Athletic rebuffed over Yasin Ayari

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Manchester City have kept their man, and Wigan Athletic go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad2 Aug 2027

Tempers go at Wigan Athletic

Yasin Özcan was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market2 Aug 2027

Harrogate Town watching Harrison Bettoni

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Wigan Athletic have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad2 Aug 2027

A step back for Taye Ashby-Hammond at Wigan Athletic

Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.

Market2 Aug 2027

Tyrese Francois told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Tyrese Francois has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Wigan Athletic.

Squad2 Aug 2027

A promotion for Tobi Adeyemo

Not a new contract, not a new number: a new place in the manager’s thinking, which is the only promotion in football that actually matters. Tobi Adeyemo has moved up it.

In brief

52 Edition

The Wigan Athletic Herald

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market26 Jul 2027

James Carragher has said yes to Floriana

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Wigan Athletic have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market26 Jul 2027

Trabzonspor come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Wigan Athletic did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market26 Jul 2027

Harrison Bettoni is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Wigan Athletic is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2027

Door shut on Jorge Cabezas Hurtado

Wigan Athletic asked and Watford said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Tempers go at Wigan Athletic

Jon Mellish was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market26 Jul 2027

Tom Watson attracts admirers

The name of Tom Watson has come up in conversations Wigan Athletic were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

The dugout26 Jul 2027

Lautaro Taboada gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Too much change too quickly at Wigan Athletic

8 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

The dugout26 Jul 2027

Finley Burns has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Wigan Athletic will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief