Wigan pair Hugo Rodallega and Charles N'Zogbia free to join Arsenal or Liverpool in summer

20 April 2010 10:40
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan will let striker Hugo Rodallega and winger Charles N'Zogbia leave the DW Stadium if Arsenal or Liverpool come calling in the summer. [LNB]The Gunners have been linked with a £20million double swoop for the Latics' star duo while Reds boss Rafa Benitez is reported to be weighing up a move for Rodallega. [LNB] Kop call: Latics striker Rodallega (top) is on Liverpool's radar[LNB]Whelan told Goal.com: 'Wigan is a small club, we accept that. We have to look around and buy players and coach them, and I always tell my players that if a big club comes calling, I will never stand in their way. [LNB]'If you look now, we have a lad at Manchester United [Antonio Valencia] and a lad at Tottenham Hotspur [Wilson Palacios], and they are doing fantastically well. [LNB] Perfect timing: N'Zogbia (right) stunned Arsenal with a late winner on Sunday[LNB]'I think this current team has two or three players - Hugo Rodallega and Charles N'Zogbia for example - who can go on to play for top, top clubs. And I would never stand in the way of those players should that opportunity arise. [LNB]'Wigan has earned, correctly, a reputation for being a good club to come to. Players know that if they come to Wigan they will be in the first team, they will get good coaching, and they will get a chance to move on to a big, big club if they are good enough.'  [LNB] Scharner vows to quit Wigan and claims four other clubs want himArsenal win was massive but we're not safe yet, insists Wigan's McCarthy Wigan 3 Arsenal 2: N'Zogbia leaves it late to end Gunners title hopesWIGAN ATHLETIC FC

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