| Wigan
close to signing Okocha
By
Sun News Publishing
Wednesday,
May
31, 2006
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Okocha
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Nigerian captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha is one of the seven
players English Premiership side,Wigan Athletics is considering
signing for the new season, even as Everton is making a late
bid for the mercurial midfielder too, reports Samm Etuk.
If the deal fails to go through, Okocha’s agent might
not have settled the monetary matters with the club as that
is the only knotty area the parties were still trying to reach
agreement on.
Wigan chief executive, Brenda Spencer, who confirmed high
profile bids for the club, however, refused to mention the
name of the players saying it was the club’s decision
not to mention their names until they are through with the
negotiations. She said they were at the ‘advance stages’
of discussion with the players concerned.
In a chat with the club’s official website, Spencer
said she has learned over the years to be careful when it
comes to transfer dealings with players, hence they want to
be sure of signing the players first before letting the cat
out of the bag.
She said: "I can confirm that we have made a number of
substantial bids for high profile players and that two of
those bids have been accepted. We are also busy pursuing other
targets."
Okocha told africansportsdigest.com recently that he was staying
back in the United Kingdom, and wants to continue in the Premiership
as his family is happy in England and he would not want to
sacrifice his family’s comfort for money especially
his children. Some clubs in Qatar and Saudi Arabia were ready
to sign him for the new season.
Everton is said to have sent emissaries to the former Bolton
Wanderers captain also, but africansportsdigest.com could
not obtain much information about this latest negotiation
as at press time, although the interest is described as being
serious.
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