Aston Villa<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\nThe managerial position has been thrown into doubt in the last week after Gerard Houllier was forced to miss the rest of the season following a heart problem, with doubts over whether he will be able to return on a permanent basis.<\/span><\/p>\nAlthough there has been previous speculation over Moyes\u2019s future at Goodison Park, the Scot has distanced himself with the rumours and insisted he is content at Everton.<\/span><\/p>\n“It is nothing to do with me,” Moyes told reporters at a press conference before his side\u2019s Premier League trip to Wigan this Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n“I am at a great club and have got a great job. I don’t know what to say.”<\/span><\/p>\nEverton are a respectable seventh in the table after hitting impressive form of late, having spent much of the season in the bottom half.<\/span><\/p>\nMoyes said: “This is probably the position where most people would have put us. Most people would have said we’d be between fifth and eighth.<\/span><\/p>\n“I’m disappointed because I felt we could have gone one better than that.<\/span><\/p>\n“But there is still enough to play for, we have tried to emphasise to the players it is important we stay near the top.<\/span><\/p>\n“That is where we want to be and I have not seen any signs from the players to suggest they think any different.”<\/span><\/p>\nSpeaking ahead of this weekend\u2019s trip to the DW Stadium, where Wigan will be more hungry than ever for victory as they battle to avoid the drop, Moyes said: “They are always pretty tough games against Wigan.<\/span><\/p>\n“Roberto Martinez always gets his team playing in a good footballing style, but I am sure at the moment winning is the key.<\/span><\/p>\n“We had a spell six or eight weeks ago when I felt we had to make sure we won.<\/span><\/p>\n“Luckily we did and when you get those wins it brings a bit of confidence back to the team and the squad and hopefully your performances can improve.<\/span><\/p>\n“Just over a week ago Wigan came out of the bottom three for the first time in a long while and they will know they are not far away from that.”<\/span><\/p>\nMoyes will be lifted by the return of Spanish playmaker Mikel Arteta, who has been missing from the side for five games with a hamstring injury.<\/span><\/p>\nAustralian Tim Cahill also looks set to feature this weekend, after coming on as a substitute against Manchester United at Old Trafford, as the midfielder\u2019s long battle to return to full fitness following a foot injury continues.<\/span><\/p>\nMoyes said: “It is concerning because it is one of these things that may go tomorrow or it might still be there in three months’ time.<\/span><\/p>\n“It is something that tends to just burn itself out and get better in time.”<\/span><\/p>\nToffees duo Leighton Baines and Leon Osman will both feature against Wigan, a side they know very well, with the former making his way through the ranks for the Latics before moving to Everton.<\/span><\/p>\nMoyes continued: “Leighton Baines has improved no end from when we took him.<\/span><\/p>\n“He was a good player at Wigan and that is what got us looking at him and signing him.<\/span><\/p>\n“It took him a while to settle but he has grown into it and got better.<\/span><\/p>\n“Now I think most people think if there was a World Cup this year, Leighton Baines would be a certainty to go.<\/span><\/p>\n“Ossie Osman has played really well and nearly carried us, certainly in the creativity department.<\/span><\/p>\n“He has got a couple of important goals for us and probably relished that, with Mikel, Tim and Felli Marouane Fellaini being out of the team and the loss of Steven Pienaar.<\/span><\/p>\n“A lot of the focus has gone onto Ossie and to be fair to him he has taken the mantle and done it really well.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n![](\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/08d027d736627_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\")
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