Wigan deducted four points for next season after failing to pay players’ wages

A further four-point deduction is suspended until the end of the 2023-24 campaign.

Pa Sport Staff
Friday 19 May 2023 10:49 EDT
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Wigan have been docked four points for the start of the League One season in August (Tim Goode/PA)
Wigan have been docked four points for the start of the League One season in August (Tim Goode/PA) (PA Archive)

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Wigan will start the League One season in August with minus-four points after the English Football League issued its latest sanction against the club for a failure to pay players’ wages.

The EFL said a further four-point deduction was suspended until the end of the 2023-24 season.

That suspended sanction will kick in if club owner Abdulrahman Al Jasmi fails to deposit an amount equal to 125 per cent of the club’s forecast monthly wage bill into a designated account by May 24.

The additional four-point deduction would also be activated if the club fail to pay players on time at any point between now and June 2024.

The club’s 2022-23 season points tally has also been reduced by three points, even though the Championship regular season is already over.

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