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SPANIARDS EYE WIGAN ACADEMY

LEAGUE ONE
WIGAN’S prospective new Spanish owners have said investing in the club’s academy will be a priority.
Identified as preferred bidders in September, the unnamed pair are currently in takeover negotiations with administrators and the EFL.
Their representative, Jose Miguel Garrido Cristo, said they would spend “£4-5million” on the club’s “No.1 asset”.
He said: “I would say 80 per cent of the reason why the investors have chosen to come into Wigan is the academy. They are not going to come in and spend £20million on the first...

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