Iftheirplayershaven'tbeenpaid, theycanputinnoticeandleavecan'tthey? Remember it happening with a different club I think but can't remember.
Wouldn't blame them if they can get another club and an actual wage. As WelshAddick says, they could struggle to put a team together for next season.
Not sure whether the owner has been cute here. He seems to have paid the players under contract. Those, like Caulker, who are now out of contract haven’t been paid. I think the EFL will hammer them this time & they’ll start next season on -12/15 points…if they start at all.
But aren’t all players under contract until the end of June ?
Iftheirplayershaven'tbeenpaid, theycanputinnoticeandleavecan'tthey? Remember it happening with a different club I think but can't remember.
Wouldn't blame them if they can get another club and an actual wage. As WelshAddick says, they could struggle to put a team together for next season.
Not sure whether the owner has been cute here. He seems to have paid the players under contract. Those, like Caulker, who are now out of contract haven’t been paid. I think the EFL will hammer them this time & they’ll start next season on -12/15 points…if they start at all.
But aren’t all players under contract until the end of June ?
Out of contract, as in they will be on the 1st of July, so the owners don't care.
Ownership group buys a football club. Spends a fair amount. Realizes its a money pit. Loses interest. Stops wanting to fund it. Sell / bankruptcy / admin.
It's going to be a familiar pattern for us and other teams I think.
Wigan Athletic will be deducted four points from the 2023/24 Sky Bet League One table after failing to pay its players’ wages on time in May 2023 and further to previous breaches of EFL Regulations.
The sanction will be applied at the start of the new league campaign with the Club also receiving an additional four-point deduction for season 2023/24, which is to be suspended until 30 June 2024.
out of interest.. if this was a non-sporting company like say Tesco or Asda that failed to pay their employees on time on multiple occasions - would there be any government sanctions against that company? I know we joke about the "overpaid footballer" thing - but what would the repercussions be in the "real world"?
They bought promotion last year and have proven, once again, they can't afford it. How many more time does this have to happen?
That town cannot sustain a larger than average football club with all the other clubs around it and with the rugby fans too. They are in serious trouble
As opposed to us who can easily afford to finish 10th in League One and have a queue of people willing to take over and coin it in with all our football fans and catchment area .
Wigan Athletic will be deducted four points from the 2023/24 Sky Bet League One table after failing to pay its players’ wages on time in May 2023 and further to previous breaches of EFL Regulations.
The sanction will be applied at the start of the new league campaign with the Club also receiving an additional four-point deduction for season 2023/24, which is to be suspended until 30 June 2024.
out of interest.. if this was a non-sporting company like say Tesco or Asda that failed to pay their employees on time on multiple occasions - would there be any government sanctions against that company? I know we joke about the "overpaid footballer" thing - but what would the repercussions be in the "real world"?
If Tesco collapses the government would have to step in, meet the payroll and pay the bills because the economy would collapse with it.
But no the government wouldn't sanction a business failure there could be potential criminal and civil charges to answer.
It doesn't seem complicated to me. Sounds like they basically just spent way beyond their means.
I really can't get my head round this.
Why bother? They bought thr club out of administration, with basically no players, for several million quid, spent 8 figures getting them promoted, then stopped paying the bills. Now they are in a position worse than when they originally bought them and must be nearly 20 million down.
It doesn't seem complicated to me. Sounds like they basically just spent way beyond their means.
I really can't get my head round this.
Why bother? They bought thr club out of administration, with basically no players, for several million quid, spent 8 figures getting them promoted, then stopped paying the bills. Now they are in a position worse than when they originally bought them and must be nearly 20 million down.
Why would you? I just don't get it.
You're forgetting the stake they'll retain when they sell the club. That ship will come in one day.
It doesn't seem complicated to me. Sounds like they basically just spent way beyond their means.
I really can't get my head round this.
Why bother? They bought thr club out of administration, with basically no players, for several million quid, spent 8 figures getting them promoted, then stopped paying the bills. Now they are in a position worse than when they originally bought them and must be nearly 20 million down.
Why would you? I just don't get it.
You're forgetting the stake they'll retain when they sell the club. That ship will come in one day.
No see I get how, even though I think they are wrong, people like Sandgaard think they are clever and can just do it better an game the transfer market then when they are wrong reduce the funding and try and sell. But that's not Wigan have done.
It doesn't seem complicated to me. Sounds like they basically just spent way beyond their means.
I really can't get my head round this.
Why bother? They bought thr club out of administration, with basically no players, for several million quid, spent 8 figures getting them promoted, then stopped paying the bills. Now they are in a position worse than when they originally bought them and must be nearly 20 million down.
Why would you? I just don't get it.
Maybe they just ran out of money. Or decided that running a 3rd tier club was like burning paper & said enough was enough.
It doesn't seem complicated to me. Sounds like they basically just spent way beyond their means.
I really can't get my head round this.
Why bother? They bought thr club out of administration, with basically no players, for several million quid, spent 8 figures getting them promoted, then stopped paying the bills. Now they are in a position worse than when they originally bought them and must be nearly 20 million down.
Why would you? I just don't get it.
Maybe they just ran out of money. Or decided that running a 3rd tier club was like burning paper & said enough was enough.
Probably got a bit spooked by the money needed to be competitive in the Championship and have just decided it's not worth it.
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Wigan Athletic have confirmed that all remaining players and staff have been paid their wages for this month.
The club also confirmed that the owners have put in a "substantial" seven-figure sum to secure the Latics' immediate future.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65610193
It's going to be a familiar pattern for us and other teams I think.
Wage bill will of course decrease but they still need to pay May, June and July's bills before next season even starts.
EFL Statement: Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic will be deducted four points from the 2023/24 Sky Bet League One table after failing to pay its players’ wages on time in May 2023 and further to previous breaches of EFL Regulations.
The sanction will be applied at the start of the new league campaign with the Club also receiving an additional four-point deduction for season 2023/24, which is to be suspended until 30 June 2024.
https://www.efl.com/news/2023/may/efl-statement-wigan-athletic/
Will also be -8 if he pays the May or June wages late.
But no the government wouldn't sanction a business failure there could be potential criminal and civil charges to answer.
https://twitter.com/efl_comms/status/1662058537999036416?s=46&t=iIn3ttZdyuW0i2mQ6x00-g
Why bother? They bought thr club out of administration, with basically no players, for several million quid, spent 8 figures getting them promoted, then stopped paying the bills. Now they are in a position worse than when they originally bought them and must be nearly 20 million down.
Why would you? I just don't get it.
well worth the gamble 🙄
Probably got a bit spooked by the money needed to be competitive in the Championship and have just decided it's not worth it.