da fazobetai: Wigan Athletic manager Roberto Martinez has confirmed that goalkeeper Chris Kirkland is poised to join Championship outfit Leicester City on loan.
da pinnacle: The 29-year-old England international has lost his first-team spot with the Latics to loanee Ali Al Habsi and will head to his hometown club to help them try and challenge for promotion to the Premier League.
Martinez told the Evening Post:"Things have been delayed by Chris' bug, but we will be sitting down to have a chat about the situation.
"He got the bug last Thursday night and couldn't travel with the team to Old Trafford, but he trained all right on Monday.
"He's lost a little bit of weight, but he'll hopefully regain that very quickly. Now he's over the bug, we'll look into what we can do to help him enjoy his football.
"He needs to be playing football and be able to maintain that sharpness that you only get when you're playing regular football.
"That's important, because we'll need him to be ready whenever he gets an opportunity to play for Wigan Athletic."Subscribe to Football FanCast News Headlines by Email