Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan has told Sky Sports News that a compensation fee has been agreed with Everton for Roberto Martinez.
The figure believed to be in the margin of £2 million is payment for the remaining 12 months of the Spaniard’s contract at the DW Stadium and now paves the way for the 39-year-old to join the Merseyside club and end his four year tenure at Wigan.
Whelan will now concentrate his efforts on a replacement for Martinez with Manchester United first team coach René Meulensteen hotly tipped for the job.
Former England coach Steve McLaren, ex-Bolton and Burnley gaffer Owen Coyle and MK Dons current manager Karl Robinson are also fancied for the position.
