Roberto Martinez has been given
permission to leave Wigan and will now hold talks with Everton about succeeding
David Moyes.
The 39-year-old Spaniard led the
Latics to a historic FA Cup
triumph this season but could not prevent their relegation from the
Premier League.
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan said
Everton contacted him last Friday to ask for talks with Martinez.
Roberto wanted permission to move. “So I’ve given that,” added Whelan.
Well I bet Mr Whelan is eating some
humble pie after his comments a few weeks ago when he questioned whether
Martinez would want to go to Everton and even said they weren’t a big club, interesting
comments when you consider these two points:
1) Everton will be playing in the
Premier League and Europe next season, while Wigan will be scrapping it out in
the Championship. (I know Wigan will also be playing in Europe but they won’t
make it past the group stage)
2) If you take into account the
full history of all the teams in the English league system Everton are 4th most
successful behind Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United, I’d be surprised if
Wigan made the top 100.
It’s only natural for Martinez to want
to move on he has clearly outgrown Wigan and deserves a crack at a bigger club,
and hopefully Wigan don’t make it back to the Premier League, that may sound
harsh but there is a reason for it.
Hardly anybody in Wigan cares about
football they're more interested in Rugby League, the DW holds just over 25,000 and
their average attendance this season was just over 19,000, only QPR had a lower
average attendance with 17,800 but their ground only holds 18,500.
Expect to see Wigan’s attendance figures nosedive
next season.
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