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Wigan Athletic winger Gavin Massey has been released after five seasons.

The 29-year-old twice helped the Latics win promotion to the Championship after joining from Leyton Orient in July 2017.

Meanwhile, the Latics have exercised the option to extend the contract of Republic of Ireland international James McClean by an extra year.

The 33-year-old wideman joined the club in August and scored nine league goals as they won the League One title.

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Wigan Athletic have signed former Blackburn Rovers defender Ryan Nyambe, while defender Luke Robinson has signed a new two-year deal with the club.

Nyambe, 24, spent 11 years with Rovers and made over 200 appearances during his time at Ewood Park.

However, he was was free to discuss his options with other clubs following the end of the 2021-22 season.

Meanwhile, Wigan academy graduate Robinson has signed a deal which runs until the end of the 2023-24 season.

Nyambe, who joins on a one-year deal, is a Namibia international and has made six appearances for his country.

"I'm looking forward to the challenge," Nyambe told the club website.

"First of all, I had a sit down with the manager [Leam Richardson] and he came across as a family man. I have seen all the players that he has worked with, and he has improved them so much.

"I think that he can help me so much with my game. The team's style of play is also quite unique so I'm looking forward to that."

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Everton have loaned striker Nathan Broadhead to Championship side Wigan Athletic for the 2022-23 season.

Broadhead, 24, joins the Latics having spent last season at Sunderland, where he scored 13 goals in 27 games to win promotion alongside Wigan.

The Wales Under-21 international has made two first-team appearances for his parent club, including a Premier League debut in 2020-21 for the Toffees.

He also had a loan stint at Burton and has 16 goals in 51 senior matches.

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Wigan Athletic have signed Watford striker Ashley Fletcher on a season-long loan deal.

The 26-year-old joined the Hornets on a free transfer from Middlesbrough last summer but has only made three league appearances for the club.

He was loaned out to MLS side New York Red Bulls for the second half of the 2021-22 season.

The Latics, who have drawn their opening two Championship games, host Bristol City on Saturday.

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Wigan Athletic have signed Anthony Scully from Lincoln City and brought in Rarmani Edmonds-Green on loan from Huddersfield Town.

Scully has arrived for an undisclosed fee and has agreed a three-year contract with the Latics.

The midfielder, 23, scored 37 goals in 106 games for the Imps following his arrival from West Ham United in 2020.

Centre-half Edmonds-Green, 23, will spend the rest of the campaign at the DW Stadium.

He spent last season on loan with Rotherham United, helping them to win promotion from League One.

Edmonds-Green had made four appearances for the Terriers this season, most recently in last Saturday's 2-2 draw with West Bromwich Albion.

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Wigan Athletic have signed defender Steven Caulker on a deal until the end of the season.

The 31-year-old was with Fatih Karagumruk, playing seven games this term, before ending his four-and-a-half seasons in Turkey earlier this month.

Caulker, whose former clubs include Tottenham, Swansea and Liverpool, also had spells Alanyspor, Fenerbahce and Gaziantep during his time there.

He is currently Sierra Leone captain, and also has England senior honours.

He won a cap under Roy Hodgson in 2012, scoring in a 4-2 defeat by Sweden, but switched his international allegiance two years ago.

"Five years 106 days after my last game in the Championship, I am back," he wrote on social media. "I've spent days, weeks, months, and years dreaming that one day I will return.

"I know it's going to be a huge challenge given our current league position, but it's a challenge that I am looking forward to."

Wigan Athletic have signed midfielder Miguel Azeez from Premier League side Arsenal on loan until the end of the 2022-23 season.

The 20-year-old spent time on loan with League One side Portsmouth last season, making 10 appearances for the club.

An England youth international, Azeez spent the first half of this season on loan with Spanish side UD Ibiza.

He has made one senior appearance for Arsenal, in their Europa League win at Dundalk in December 2020.

During his time in England's youth setup, Azeez worked with the Latics' assistant manager Kevin Betsy, as well as working with him at Arsenal.

He joins Championship strugglers Wigan following the signing of defender Steven Caulker, who joined the Latics on a short-term deal on Monday.

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Wigan Athletic have signed midfielder Christ Tiehi on loan from Czech Republic side FC Slovan Liberec until the end of the season.

The 24-year-old began his senior career with French side Le Harve.

Tiehi has previously played in England with Woking and Tonbridge Angels before joining Czech side Opava in 2020.

He went on to sign for Slovan Liberec in summer 2021 and joined Slavia Prague on loan earlier this season, featuring in the UEFA Conference League.

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Wigan Athletic have been given a three-point deduction, suspended until 31 December, after admitting to "multiple breaches" of EFL regulations.

The sanction was given due to three cases of late wage payment to players.

Latics owner Abdulrahman Al-Jasmi will also be required to deposit 125% of the monthly wage bill into a club account in case of further delays in payment.

The club will have to maintain the account at "appropriate levels" until 31 December, the EFL said.

The three late payments came between June and October 2022 which led to a charge over a breach of the league's regulations.

In an agreed decision published by the EFL, it was said that Wigan were late paying players in June due to a misunderstanding of the impact of the Jubilee Bank Holiday, meaning wages were paid three days later than planned.

A further issue with late payment came a month later when there was a further three-day delay due to "issues with security authentication procedures" with the current owner.

The final instance came in October with another three-day delay due to a "delay in the receipt by the club of a payment processed by the owner on 20 October, 2022".

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Wigan Athletic have signed defender Martin Kelly on loan from fellow Championship side West Bromwich Albion until the end of the season.

The 32-year-old former England international started out at Liverpool and made 62 appearances for the Reds.

He went on to join Crystal Palace in 2014 and spent eight years with the club, playing 148 times.

Kelly joined the Baggies in the summer of 2022 and has since turned out seven times for the club this season.

He joins Steven Caulker, Miguel Azeez and Christ Tiehi in joining the Latics in January and bolsters Shaun Maloney's defensive options as they fight to remain in the division.

Wigan are bottom of the Championship table after 28 games and are four points from safety.

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Wigan Athletic have signed Arsenal defender Omar Rekik and Norwich City forward Danel Sinani on loan until the end of the season.

Tunisia international Rekik, 21, had a loan spell in the Netherlands with Sparta Rotterdam earlier this season.

He joined Arsenal from Hertha Berlin in January 2021 but is yet to play a senior game for the Gunners.

Luxembourg international Sinani, 25, has scored twice in 18 games for Norwich this season.