Championship

Wigan boss Leam Richardson trying to find strongest side ahead of Blackburn game

by
Nick Powell
11 October 2022

Wigan boss Leam Richardson admits he is still wrestling with his squad’s “huge competition” for places as his team prepare to welcome Blackburn.
Richardson is still looking for the best way to blend last year’s League One winning squad with this summer’s new arrivals and has seen his team lose three of their last four games.
Striker Callum Lang has been out for three weeks with ankle ligament damage, but Charlie Wyke scored his first goal in a year against Cardiff last time out to bring some good news to the forward line.
Jordan Cousins (quad) and Gwion Edwards (Achilles) have been out and goa...

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