{"id":453070,"date":"2011-07-04T10:58:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T10:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/04\/al-habsi-closes-in-on-wigan-move\/"},"modified":"2011-07-04T10:58:23","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T10:58:23","slug":"al-habsi-closes-in-on-wigan-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/al-habsi-closes-in-on-wigan-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Habsi closes in on Wigan move"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"69.5961650203\">\n<div readability=\"68.6369346734\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/53841000\/jpg\/_53841615_alhabsi3.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" alt=\"Ali Al-Habsi\" \/> Ali Al-Habsi played a key role as Wigan avoided relegation last season<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Wigan are set to complete the signing of Bolton goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi on a permanent basis after the clubs agreed a fee thought to be about \u00a34m.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Habsi, 29, spent all of the 2010-11 season on loan at the DW Stadium and was the Latics&#8217; player of the year after a string of impressive displays<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We could easily have kept him but I have to be fair to Ali,&#8221; Trotters boss Owen Coyle said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is good business. If that is concluded, we will wish him well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Al-Habsi made 39 appearances for Wigan and has been one of Latics boss Roberto Martinez&#8217;s top transfer targets throughout the summer.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Ali Al-Habsi career stats<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/football\/14013912.stm#skip_feature_02\">Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1998-2002: Al-Midhaibi, 56 appearances<\/li>\n<li>2002-2003: Al-Nasr, 27 appearances<\/li>\n<li>2003-2005: Lyn Oslo, 62 appearances<\/li>\n<li>2006- Bolton, 18 appearances<\/li>\n<li>2010-2011 Wigan (loan), 39 appearances<\/li>\n<li>Oman &#8211; 70 caps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Oman goalkeeper signed for Bolton in January 2006 but only made 18 appearances as he failed to dislodge first-choice Jussi Jaaskelainen.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, another Bolton player in demand, centre-back Gary Cahill, returned to pre-season training along with his team-mates.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old England defender has been linked with a number of Premier League rivals, including Arsenal and Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gary has been the subject of speculation every day, probably to the point he is frustrated by it,&#8221; Coyle added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have been very open. Some of the elite clubs in this country have noted their interest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But there has been nothing concrete. Until that changes, Gary is a Bolton player.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/14013912.stm\" title=\"Al-Habsi closes in on Wigan move\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Al-Habsi closes in on Wigan move<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ali Al-Habsi played a key role as Wigan avoided relegation last season Wigan are set to complete the signing of Bolton goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi on a permanent basis after the clubs agreed a fee thought to be about \u00a34m. Al-Habsi, 29, spent all of the 2010-11 season on loan at the DW Stadium and was the Latics&#8217; player of the year after a string of impressive displays &#8220;We could easily have kept him but I have to be fair to Ali,&#8221; Trotters boss Owen Coyle said. &#8220;It is good business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-453070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Al-Habsi closes in on Wigan move - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/al-habsi-closes-in-on-wigan-move\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Al-Habsi closes in on Wigan move - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Ali Al-Habsi played a key role as Wigan avoided relegation last season Wigan are set to complete the signing of Bolton goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi on a permanent basis after the clubs agreed a fee thought to be about \u00a34m. 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