Source: Team_Talk
Martinez calm over N'Zogbia reports
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez has played down reports Charles N'Zogbia could leave the club before the closure of the transfer window.[LNB] N'Zogbia, who won his first cap for France earlier this month, was left out of last weekend's shock season-opening loss to Blackpool.[LNB]It has been claimed the 24-year-old, who has been linked with Birmingham and Sunderland, has fallen out with Martinez and is agitating for a move but the Spaniard insists that is not the case.[LNB]Martinez said: "Charles is a Wigan Athletic player and that is the top and bottom.[LNB]"He has been working really hard and been training well. We will have to get used to speculation and rumours and we need to take it as a compliment when other clubs want to take our players.[LNB]"Unfortunately this is the instability the window brings to a club like ours.[LNB]"He will be working hard to play in every single game and that is what every player should be doing.[LNB]"Since he came back from international duty he has been training hard, working really well and fighting hard for his place with everyone else.[LNB]"It is rumour and speculation and something you are not going to stop."[LNB]Martinez says N'Zogbia could return on Saturday as Wigan face a daunting visit from Premier League champions Chelsea.[LNB]N'Zogbia's form since his £6million move to the DW Stadium from Newcastle last year has made him an attractive proposition to other clubs.[LNB]Martinez accepts players will always be linked with bigger sides but insists they will not leave without adequate replacements lined up.[LNB]He said: "If we lose a player, I will make sure we are a stronger football club the day after because the structure we have put in place will be able to bring more players in."[LNB]Martinez has already bolstered his squad in the summer window by bringing in James McArthur, Antolin Alcaraz, Ronnie Stam, Mauro Boselli and Ali Al Habsi.[LNB]He added: "We lost nine players in the summer and brought five in so, if you do the maths, we are light in numbers.[LNB]"We are starting to build a strong squad but we still need a few extra bodies for the demands of the Premier League."[LNB]Newly-appointed captain Gary Caldwell is making encouraging progress in his recovery from double hip surgery.[LNB]The 28-year-old Scotland international has had two operations since the end of last season but could be fit sooner than expected.[LNB]Martinez said: "We expected Gary probably to be fit at the end of November but maybe we will see him a lot earlier than that.[LNB]"That is how well he has been working and how well he is responding to treatment.[LNB]"He has got a great influence here. He is a special human being and I think he is going to have a great year at Wigan Athletic."
