The Wigan Athletic Herald
Squad17 Aug 2026
Joe Adams damages knee ligaments — 24 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 24 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market17 Aug 2026
Joe Whitworth agrees terms with Walsall
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Wigan Athletic people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A day Christian Saydee will not forget
3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Akeel Higgins
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Wigan Athletic have done the hard part with West Bromwich Albion, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Miodrag Pivaš turns down Wigan Athletic
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Newcastle United keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Market17 Aug 2026
Harrison Bettoni moves on
Huddersfield Town pay $740.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Wigan Athletic
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match15 Aug 2026
Christian Saydee the difference as Wigan Athletic beat Bradford City
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Christian Saydee. 3‑1 against Bradford City, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Christian Saydee
Marked 9.17 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Jacob Bell joins the Wigan Athletic first team
- Market One of our own: Jack Lawrence joins the Wigan Athletic first team
- Squad 5 new faces, and Wigan Athletic are still learning each other