At the moment we have four confirmed ins in Leeming,.Walters, Keighran and Chan and four confirmed outs in KPP, Cust, King and Thornley. Individual salaries won't be like for like of course but maybe the combined salary value of the ins and outs won't be far off. You'd imagine other potential outgoings could include Powell, Hampshire and Silva. Harvie Hill would probably be better served going on loan for a year to another SL club.

You can just about see it stack up from the outside looking in when you take into account the third marquee player rule but it looks tight. Fingers crossed there isn't a big sting in the tail with a surprise departure of one of our main men e.g. Smithies, French etc.

ZigMadDogg: ZigZig: Posted on t’other fans forum. https://sporthour.co.uk/2025/05/07/heartfelt-news-wigan-warriors-to-sign-two-players-from-newcastle-after-announcing-the-departure-of-liam-farrell-and/ That's one of those weird AI articles. I saw one the other day that said Junior Nsemba was going to plough $75m in to a charity back in Cameroon, which only goes to prove that Wigan are cheating the salary cap and should be relegated.

ZigMadDogg: ZigZig: Posted on t’other fans forum. https://sporthour.co.uk/2025/05/07/heartfelt-news-wigan-warriors-to-sign-two-players-from-newcastle-after-announcing-the-departure-of-liam-farrell-and/ That's one of those weird AI articles. I saw one the other day that said Junior Nsemba was going to plough $75m in to a charity back in Cameroon, which only goes to prove that Wigan are cheating the salary cap and should be relegated.

Yeah he does. Murphy has (touch wood) stayed injury free since he has come back in the side but there is always a risk with him. I think Douglas will get some game time next season with a view to potentially starting in 2027 if he develops. I think we will save cap space for other areas that we need more to fill.

I've not seen much of him but by all accounts from mates who have seen him in the Reserves a lot he's a quick, strong athlete with a few errors in him. I wonder if that's why he hasn't played much first team for Wigan. He's still only young though so lots of time to develop. 


Wigan did let Sean Long go remember. If he turns out to be half as good as he was I'll be happy!

Different reasons surrounding Sean Long’s departure.

Most Wigan fans would expect the club to make signings for 2026. With just the signing of George Hirst for 2025 suggests that after 2024's success the club had made provision for signings in 2026.
It's often suggested that player recruitment is looked at towards one or two seasons ahead. This will probably be the case with us.


As for the above article, any supporter from anywhere could have written it. Saying that Wigan have an unnamed player leaving and two unnamed players arriving. Good grief!


Although it may be AI generated journos have been writing this sort of column filler for decades.  

Farrimond to London on loan, been unlucky this season that our halves have barely stubbed a toe between them, makes sense he's playing regularly rather than the odd reserve game