the close of the transfer window

this may give a clue from ssn thursday

From ssn

Roberto Martinez has admitted he is unlikely to be able to find one player to replace Victor Moses but he remains open to doing a last-minute deal.

Moses departed Wigan for European champions Chelsea in a £9million move last week, leaving Martinez to reshape his attacking line in the form of the returning Mauro Boselli, new striker Arouna Kone and Franco Di Santo.

Martinez accepts that Moses is a special talent and he does not expect to sign somebody similar before Friday’s deadline.

The Latics manager has been satisfied with his transfer business this summer but would be prepared to bring in another new face if the right person became available.

“It’s a case of finding the players we want to try to improve the squad,” Martinez said.

“That’s been a case of whether we’re going to lose any players or not. We have to cope with moving players on.

“I think Victor Moses was such an influential player and such a special player for us I don’t think you can replace him with another individual.

“You probably have to replace him with another way of playing in that attacking third or find another way to get the players to fulfil his responsibilities.

“As a whole I’m really pleased with the players we’ve got but I wouldn’t be doing my job properly if I didn’t keep my eyes open because sometimes in the last 48 hours you get opportunities you can’t turn down.”

Starting to settle

Martinez completed the bulk of his transfer activity earlier in the window, bringing in defender Ivan Ramis, midfielder Fraser Fyvie, striker Kone and securing Arsenal winger Ryo Miyaichi on a season-long loan.

He added: “It will be daft not to keep your eyes open because as it happens in the last two days, sometimes there are opportunities.

“But the truth is we’ve done all of our work earlier in the window and we tried to bring the players that we wanted to bring really early so we could start the season.

It’s the first transfer window under Bob that i feel content about. Think our squad is balanced and there is good competition for places as can be seen from the Forest match.

With Boselli seeming to be ready to step up and Kone looking like he can rival Di Santo we seem to have a forward line that may finish off some of the great passing moves we produce.

Moses never was that consistent and team morale will now be better that all the players who didn’t want to be here have gone.

Last years defensive line now has some miles under its belt, with Ramis to add (albeit dodgy start against Chelsea), he seems to be comfortable on the ball and should fit right in our style of play.

Add to that the two Mac’s marshalling midfield and Maloney as our playmaker. We have some youth pushing on the sidelines a’ la Mcamaman, Fyvie and Miykachi? . All in all i feel things are coming together and are going as well as can be expected.

Lastly, to achieve this with a zero net spend on transfers is nothing short of amazing. I think we are in a far better position than teams of the same ilk and financial standing.