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Ryan Lowe: ‘I seemed destined for Latics hotseat’

Ryan Lowe didn’t ask Paul Cook for any advice before taking charge at Wigan Athletic last week.

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The LeaguePaper Team
23 March 2025

Ryan Lowe on his fresh challenge
By Chris Dunlavy

Ryan Lowe didn’t ask Paul Cook for any advice before taking charge at Wigan Athletic last week.
“Not that I didn’t want it,” explains the former Preston North End, Plymouth Argyle and Bury boss, who was appointed on a three-year-and-a-half deal to replace Shaun Maloney.
“But you have to be a bit coy in these situations, don’t you?
“If I’d rung him up and he’d gone ‘I’m in for the job’, that would have been pretty awkward!”
LEARNING CURVE: Ryan Lowe celebrates promotion with Bury in 2019 and, inset, on the touchline as manager of PrestonPICT...

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