Steve Bruce expects transfer deadline day to pass quietly at Latics.
After watching his side hammer Hull City 5-0, their biggest win in the Premier League and best since December 2004, the Wigan boss expressed himself happy with the size and shape of his squad.
Even though Kevin Kilbane suffered a depressed fracture of the cheekbone at the KC Stadium, and Antoine Sibierski is currently out of action with a foot injury, it seems likely Bruce with run for the next four months with the players he's got.
The transfer window shuts at midnight, top-flight clubs unable to sign contracted players again until New Year's Day.
Bruce said: "I don't think I will be active today. I don't envisage doing any business at all, I hope not anyway.
Click here to see the goals ..."I have been saying for weeks that I'm happy with what I have got, I think I've built up a decent squad here.
"We should have Paul Scharner back from injury soon to strengthen us, it's just a shame we lost Kevin Kilbane to a fractured cheekbone on Saturday.
"He's having an operation and I should think he'll be out for six weeks, you could see the dent in his cheek when it happened.
"It's a shame for the lad because he'd got back in the team against Hull and is a very good player."
Bruce's comments appear to pour cold water on reports that
Middlesbrough striker Mido could be heading to Wigan later today.
Mido had been quoted as saying that Latics had lined him up as a replacement for Emile Heskey – who has been called up for
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