News about Shaun Maloney

Even before a ball had been kicked in Sunday's game against Aberdeen, Nick Montgomery sounded like a man under pressure. In a pre-match interview, the Hibs boss spoke about his team's xG (expected goals) and how they really ought to be higher up the league table. As soon as a manager starts wheeling out the XG stats, it is invariably a tell-tale sign they are feeling the heat.

Exclusive INTERVIEW BY WILL PICKWORTH: It's a moment that sums up the FA Cup's essence. Wigan, who's owner Dave Whelan had seen his own FA Cup dream broken 53 years earlier after breaking his leg in the final, was compared to a star-studded Manchester City team on May 11, 2013. Shaun Maloney whipped in a corner where Ben Watson struck and powered past Joe Hart after 91 goalless minutes. Before Roberto Martinez's side won a prestigious FA Cup final victory and Wigan's first - and to date, only - major trophy was awarded.

DAVID COVERDALE AT THE LNER COMMUNITY STADIUM ten years after winning the FA Cup at Wembley, Wigan won by a 1-0 margin. Only this time was against the mighty Manchester City to lift the trophy, but not against non-league York City to reach the third round. Shaun Maloney, the man who put in the corner for Ben Watson's stoppage-time header on that memorable day in 2013, is now the Latics' manager.

JACK GAUGHAN'S IN ANTWERP: A nameless bar stands on the corner of Jeremy Doku's old street, a smattering of color and designs with climbing plants suspended between houses over the road. It's been around for generations. Nine men drink havoc and gaze at the television broadcasting of a talk show. Nobody talks. That's how Luitenant Naeyaertplein is. In drug and violence dispatches, a small portion of Antwerp's tiniest yet densely populated district, the culturally diverse Borgerhout, has been beaten up and worn out. An independent brewery that is just down from the local woodchipper has just one customer. A playground emerges along the arches of Noordersingel's bridge. The rain is persistent, but two young brothers, who are bringing their family's shopping home to the apartment blocks just before dinner, are unable to avoid striding onto the square.

For the November camp, the Latics, who have had to face transfer embargoes and an eight-point deduction in League One, had seven first-team players called up to their national teams. Four of those, including 20-year-old central defender Charlie Hughes, who has captained the team, all went through the academy, with Maloney giving 12 graduates appearances this term. Academy graduates account for forty-three percent of the club's minutes, considerably more than the league's average. "We have to change the squad's philosophy now,' Maloney said. We need to have a specific model.' We're lucky that the younger players are strong enough. We will have to offer our academy students the opportunity in the future. We have to.

BY WILL PICKWORTH, a BY exclusive insider, reveals that Charlie Wyke will never be able to forget. On a Tuesday in November 2021, the prolific Wigan striker was having a light training session with the League One team, but something wasn't right. Before recalling the darkest moment of his life to Mail Sport, Wyke, who had been struggling with spells of dizziness in the previous weeks, was elated. The 30-year-old started, and it was the most craziest day'.' 'Leam Richardson was the last thing I remember is walking over to the boss.' "Look, something's not right, I suspect I'm going to fail," I was going to say. And that's when it happened.

Wigan Athletic has had a rough start to League One as they face Derby County as their first opponents for the new 2023-24 season. The Latics are back in the third tier of English football after finishing last season as the Champions of the Championships and getting promoted to the third place. Shaun Maloney, the manager of Wigan, will face Derby, a promotion-hopeful side who just missed out on the play-off places last season. Both Reading and Blackpool, who were both relegated from the Championship last season, have been given home games to start their League One campaigns, with Burton traveling to face the Tangerines at Bloomfield Road, while Peterborough is on the road to face the Royals at Madejski Stadium. On the other hand, Leyton Orient, the Division's champions of the League Two, have been given a London derby on their return to the sport as they travel south of the River Thames to face Charlton Athletic on the first day.

According to reports, a bid for Wigan Athletic had been agreed on just days after a winding-up petition was lodged against the club. Earlier this month, it was revealed that the club's owners were willing to sell the club as a mountain of financial challenges began to pile up against them. Abdulrahman Al-Jasmi, the owner of Bahrani, put the club up for auction and said that they had reached an agreement in principle subject to EFL approval with an unidentified purchaser.

JOE BERNSTEIN: Many Wigan Athletic players are considering quitting the team after failing to be paid on time for the sixth time this season. The Latics squad is still waiting for their paychecks, which will force them to switch teams if upheld. Not all footballers are millionaires.' According to a source, some people are struggling to pay their mortgage and other bills if their paychecks aren't paid.

Wigan's owners say they have now paid all their players and non-playing employees their salaries for this month, with chairman Talal Al Hammad apologizing for the anxiety that the delay had caused. In the midst of the new hold-up, the Latics' players were given a day off work earlier this month, with Wigan unable to pay players or staff on time on four previous occasions this season. Those delays resulted in a three-point deduction by the English Football League for breaching an agreement reached in January, when the club accepted a suspended penalty.

OSS HEPPENSTALL AT BRAMALL LANE: It will take a few more drops of blood and several more gallons of sweat, but Sheffield United's Premier League is coming into sharper focus. Yes, that was how it felt to the legions of the ardent Blades supporters who blasted out of a sun-drenched Bramall Lane after another priceless, but tense victory.

Wigan has been fined twice for failing to pay players this month, which would effectively ban them from the Championship, and could result in them starting League One with minus points next season. Sportsmail announced on Monday that the Championship club was going to be charged with the three-point deduction this season after failing to pay wages on time for the fourth time in ten months, as well as another violation of their rules, which has also been charged by the EFL with another breach of their laws. Players and employees at the DW Stadium have still not been paid ten days after the club described the delay as a "temporary matter." Wigan have been fined twice for not paying players in breach of EFL legislation, while the club has also failed to adhere to the terms of the negotiated deal with the EFL in January.

Burnley's accounts have been put under a transfer embargo by the EFL since submitting their accounts late. In November, the runaway Championship winners blamed it on the fact that their auditors were changed. Vincent Kompany's side came up 13 points clear at the top with a 3-0 victory over Wigan. Wigan have postponed paying their players' wages, and manager Shaun Maloney said, 'It was an emotional couple of days, it was really difficult.'

Following the dismissal of Kolo Toure, Shaun Maloney has been appointed as the next Wigan Athletic manager. As a former player, Maloney returns to lead the Championship losers. As he was chosen to be Roberto Martinez' assistant coach in Belgium during the country's ascension to become the world's top-ranked team, the 40-year-old was given opportunities on the international stage.