{"id":434504,"date":"2011-06-02T07:42:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T07:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/02\/wigan-athletic-chairman-dave-whelan-hints-at-potential-exit-of-liverpool-target-james-mccarthy\/"},"modified":"2011-06-02T07:42:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T07:42:00","slug":"wigan-athletic-chairman-dave-whelan-hints-at-potential-exit-of-liverpool-target-james-mccarthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/02\/wigan-athletic-chairman-dave-whelan-hints-at-potential-exit-of-liverpool-target-james-mccarthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan hints at potential exit of Liverpool target James McCarthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Luke Reddy<\/h3>\n<h4>2 Jun 2011 08:42:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"62.9880952381\">\n<div readability=\"15\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"James McCarthy, Wigan Athletic v Blackburn Rovers \" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/132100\/132137_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>James McCarthy, Wigan Athletic v Blackburn Rovers<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"22.7057710501\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/536\/wigan-athletic\">Wigan Athletic<\/a> chairman Dave Whelan has admitted the club could be set to lose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/98\/liverpool\">Liverpool<\/a> target <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/ireland\/31982\/james-mccarthy\">James McCarthy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal.com<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/27\/2505474\/liverpool-closing-in-on-10m-deal-for-wigan-athletic\">exclusively revealed<\/a> last week that the sought-after 20-year-old was on the verge of a \u00a310 million move to Anfield, with Kenny Dalglish said to be a huge admirer.<\/p>\n<p>The admission of the Wigan chairman will do little to prevent further rumours of an exit for McCarthy, who has also been linked with moves to Arsenal and Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Whelan said: \u201cJames is a quality young player and the intention is to be keeping hold of players of that calibre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, of course, you have to let them go, there\u2019s no question about that. It\u2019s how long you can keep there here and it also depends on what the lad himself wants to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy played a key role in Wigan\u2019s survival run-in, playing in their last 15 games of the season and scoring two goals to help the Latics overcome relegation rivals Blackburn in February.<\/p>\n<p>He was also capped by the Republic of Ireland for the first time in March and has now played for his country three times.<br \/><span><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em>Our<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"11\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0provides the best breaking news online and our\u00a0<\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93800\/93899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"10\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0football fan community is unmatched worldwide. Never miss a thing again!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/02\/2514231\/wigan-athletic-chairman-dave-whelan-hints-at-potential-exit\" title=\"Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan hints at potential exit of Liverpool target James McCarthy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan hints at potential exit of Liverpool target James McCarthy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Luke Reddy 2 Jun 2011 08:42:00 James McCarthy, Wigan Athletic v Blackburn Rovers Related Links Teams Players Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan has admitted the club could be set to lose Liverpool target James McCarthy . 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