NOT SELLING

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The Wigan athletic manager Roberto Martinez has said that he is extremely confident that the club will not be forced into selling the star assets like Franco di Santo, who is out of contract in the summer. The former Chelsea striker joined the club for a relatively low transfer fee, but he has improved hugely under the guidance of the manager Roberto Martinez. This has even led to the call-up to the Argentine national team in the recent friendly match against Saudi Arabia. As a result, he has been linked with many big clubs in Europe.

Martinez, though, has said that he hopes that the striker signs new contract with Wigan and does not get carried away with all the hype surrounding the international call-up. Martinez has also revealed that he has spoken with the player about the possibility of signing a new contract. He is also confident that the club will be able to refrain from selling him during the January transfer window. There is a suggestion that Wigan will be tempted into selling him rather than lose him for nothing in the January window. The club has already lost the services of the Nigerian winger Victor Moses during the summer. Moses was extremely crucial in getting them out of relegation trouble last season.

“It’s not going to be a financial decision. I can guarantee that we’re not going to try and cash in early. We showed last season that if we feel a player can give us something we’ll keep him, even if he can walk on a free. To replace a player who can score 10 or 15 goals in the Premier League you’ve got to talk about £10million, so if you haven’t got that sort of figure it would be foolish for us just to try and get a bit of money,” said Martinez.

MARTINEZ DELIGHTED

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The Wigan athletic manager Roberto Martinez has said that he is extremely delighted with the performance of the former Chelsea striker Franco di Santo in the 2-2 draw with Stoke city during the weekend. The Argentine striker was brought to the DW stadium a few seasons ago by the manager Roberto Martinez for around £ 1 million. He has certainly benefited from the prospect of playing regular first-team football. He was one of the best players for Wigan during the final six months of an astonishing campaign last time around. Now, he has continued the good run of form this season as well.

He was one of the key members in the 2-2 draw at Stoke city during the weekend. Wigan have been working hard in order to avoid yet another poor start to the Premier league season. This 2-2 draw at Stoke city provides them with great belief going forward, although they need to tighten up at the back according to the manager Roberto Martinez. After the end of the match, he was in glowing praise of the Argentine striker, who scored in the 49th minute through a wonderful counter-attacking move. This was the fifth goal in just eight matches for Franco di Santo.

“He is a striker with a tremendous touch, great finishing and energy and I think he can be outstanding in every aspect as a centre-forward. You look at the second goal and it is as good as you are going to see in terms of centre-forward play. He is doing his duties defensively, in the counter-attack there is outstanding link-up play with his partner, and then he is as composed as you can be in the box,” said the Wigan manager after the match. Despite such efforts, Wigan still find themselves close to the relegation zone.

WIGAN WARY OF FULHAM

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The Wigan athletic striker Franco di Santo has said that the team should be extremely aware of the threat posed by Fulham. Wigan will be taking on Fulham during the weekend knowing that they should bounce back as soon as possible from the 4-0 defeat suffered at the hands of Manchester United. This defeat has meant that we can now have only one victory in the four Premier league matches played up until now. Franco di Santo has said that Fulham will be coming into the match against Wigan with great confidence following their 3-0 win over West Brom.

Even more impressive is the fact that the new signing Dimitar Berbatov seems to have settled in extremely well after scoring two goals in his debut match. Franco di Santo reckons that Wigan will be looking at a relegation dogfight once again if they lose this match as well. After the match against Fulham, Wigan will be facing the likes of Sunderland and Everton in the next few matches. Franco di Santo has said that all the upcoming games for Wigan still continue to be tough. Hence, they need to pick up as many points as possible before the Christmas period.

“We have to be ready for Fulham. We have to try and forget about the defeat (Manchester United) and concentrate on the Fulham game. We were very disappointed with the way we played on Saturday, that isn’t how we normally play and it is something we have to try to fix. We will try to get back to the way we play best, attack the other team, if we do well at home this makes the fans happy,” said Franco di Santo ahead of the weekend’s match with Fulham. Wigan have played for matches in the Premier league and have taken only four points from these matches.

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