There’s absolutely nothing we can do about it. I know I’ll get cut down for saying it, but Sunderland are a more established club than Wigan, and offer a more attractive proposition to a player.
When is the last time you heard about a Wigan player leaving the club kicking and screaming after being forced out, or a player rejecting a move and opting to pledge his future to us?
Sunderland can pay more money per week, and have a more realistic chance of qualifying for European football – albeit sometime in the future.
If they want to go, they’ll go, and I’d put money on Figueroa not being a Wigan player by the end of the transfer window.
