Charles N’Zogbia crucial for Wigan Athletic – English Premier League
Wigan Athletic’s heroics at the end of the 2010-2011 Premier League season were a sight to behold for everyone associated with the club. Touted up as major favourites to go down in the relegation battle that ensued in the dying
months of the previous season, Wigan managed to retain a place in the English Premier League thanks to their win against West Ham United on the second last match week of the season.
It was a remarkable achievement by the Latics whose manager http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Martinez was on the edge throughout the season. In all reality, Wigan were quite woeful throughout the 2010-2011 Premier League season. Their defence was particularly
leaky whilst up front; they struggled for inspiration as their fellow strugglers notched up results. In the end, Wigan had to attain a miraculous win against West Ham United in which they came from two goals down in the second half of the encounter to win
by three two at their home stadium.
N’Zogbia was at the centre of their comeback against West Ham United as the Frenchman netted two goals and in doing so cemented Wigan’s chances of participating in the 2011-2012 Premier League season. West Ham United were relegated
consequently but Wigan stayed up. Now the Latics face an uphill struggle to keep hold of their star who is by no means championship quality. Wigan’s winger is quite capable of performing week in week out in the English Premier League and it would’ve been a
shame if his team had gone down along with him given their ambitious yet risky approach in the 2010-2011 Premier League season.
Wigan’s chairman Dave Whelan supported the club throughout the 2010-2011 season and when the pressure cooker situation worsened during the season, Whelan gave his backing to Roberto Martinez much to the disgust of fans and media
pundits alike. Nonetheless when Wigan emerged free of the relegation battle, Roberto Martinez was hailed and Whelan’s decision turned out to be correct. But now the Latics run the risk of losing out on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Charles-c8808 N’Zogbia’s services as Aston Villa are interested
in the French winger.
Wigan have already refused to sell the Frenchman after they rejected Villa’s 10 million pound bid for their left midfielder. This was an astute move by the Premier League minnows who must realize that if they sell N’Zogbia they
will most probably end up shooting themselves in the foot and in doing so they will also kill their chances of having a successful Premier League season for another year. It will be interested to see whether or not Roberto http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martinez-c24468 will be keen to keep hold
of their star midfielder who scored nine and assisted five goals. More importantly five of these nine goals came in the last six matches of the season which defined Wigan’s end of the season 16th place finish.
Additionally if Villa do want to buy N’Zogbia they will need to cough up a bit more than 10 million pounds. They just sold http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 for 20 million pounds and before that Villa parted ways with Ashley Young when
they sold the Englishman to Manchester United for 16 million pounds. With so much money in reserve, Wigan must hold out for a bigger bid if necessary but it will be advisable that they should keep hold of their prized assets if they want to retain their Premier
League status for an extended period of time.
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