Sunderland set to bid £9m for Wigan Athletic winger Charles N’Zogbia – report

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Sunderland are reportedly set to make a bid in the region of £9 million for Wigan Athletic winger Charles N’Zogbia.

The Frenchman looked set to move on in January as intense transfer speculation surrounded his future, while a last-minute bid from former club Newcastle United – believed to be in the region of £11m – was subsequently turned down.

However, according to The Mirror, Sunderland will look to lure the wide-man to Wearside this summer by tempting Wigan with a £9m bid.

N’Zogbia joined former club Newcastle from Le Havre after a transfer saga that involved the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but went on to make over 100 league appearances for the St. James’ Park club before joining the Latics after hearing Newcastle’s then-manager Joe Kinnear mispronounce his name as “insomnia”.

N’Zogbia also looked set to join Birmingham City last summer after Wigan accepted a revised offer of £9m, but he failed to come to an agreement over personal terms with the club and remained with his current employers.