Skoko free to leave Latics
15 May 2008 - 12:05:40
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- Skoko free to leave Latics
Wigan Athletic manager Steve Bruce has confirmed that he will not be offering new contracts to Josip Skoko and Salomon Olembe and both players have featured in their last games for the Latics.
Midfielder Skoko made 54 appearances in his two seasons at the JJB Stadium but has played a peripheral role in the first team this term.
Cameroon international Olembe moved to Wigan last summer but was restricted to only three starts for the club, his last coming in the FA Cup win at Sunderland in January.
Meanwhile, Bruce is keen to extend left-back Maynor Figueroa's loan stay at the club from Deportivo Olimipa for the whole of next season and has already offered goalkeeper Mike Pollitt a new 12-month contract.
The former Birmingham City manager said: "Josip and Salomon are out of contract this summer and they'll be going.
"If there's nothing out there for Josip, he can come back to train with us and see what happens. But Salomon's going to play in Turkey, with Julius Aghahowa probably going with him too, which has been known for a while.
"We've offered Pollitt another year and hopefully that will be sorted out in the next week or so.
"As for the players we've had on loan, I'm having discussions with Marcus (Bent) and Erik (Edman) soon. We're close to completing a deal for Maynor to stay with us for next season.
"It will be a case of using the loan system again. Maynor's impressed in the last few months, and I think he impressed everyone against Manchester United and I'm sure he'll continue developing with us."