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IN THE HUTCH?
The Evening Standard are reporting Chelsea ‘wonderkid’ Omari Hutchinson is discussing loan option, with West Brom and Latics in the frame.
He could decide to stay at Stamford Bridge, but faces a fight to get anywhere near the team due to the high level of incomings of late.
DEVINE INTERVENTION!
For those who like to keep tabs on former Latics players - especially Academy graduates - Alfie Devine looks like he’ll be staying at Tottenham in this window, according to the Evening Standard.
He had been linked with a loan move to Bolton.
Reports in the capital suggest Charlton Athletic are closing in on a move for Latics winger Gwion Edwards...he’s definitely one of those who’d benefit from going out to get game-time...and perhaps make some room for further incomings tonight...
File in the ‘very, very believable’ category...we await further developments...
Been a few people asking this question...am reliably informed Jamie McGrath is expected to stay with Dundee United for the rest of the season...similar to Stephen Humphrys at Hearts...
SINAMI TSUNAMI?
Was the ‘gust of wind’ emoji tweeted by Talal earlier this afternoon actually meant to be a tsunami...a cryptic way of hinting at the signing of Norwich forward Danel Sinani...???
Talk of a deal in the offing has got louder since being first suggested by Alan Nixon.
He would certainly appear to fit the bill in terms of attacking reinforcements.
Earlier in the window, he was linked with both Coventry and Birmingham.
He would take Latics’ total number of loan players to six - one more than they’d be allowed in a matchday squad.
Would that put a question mark against Ashley Fletcher’s tenure at the DW?
We shall see.
NORTHERN BOUND?
One of the more leftfield rumours has seen Jack Whatmough linked with Rangers...we’ve even been contacted by a couple of reporters from Glasgow for a chat...
Yes Omar Rekik will add to Latics’ central defensive options...but he comes in for Rarmani Edmonds-Green, who was recalled by Huddersfield Town earlier this month...
Latics have also added Steven Caulker this month but, again, that was to fill the hole left by Jason Kerr, who is out for the season...
Along with those three, Latics have Curtis Tilt and youngster Charlie Hughes as recognised centre-backs...
Tendayi Darikwa, Ryan Nyambe and Martin Kelly can also cover there, along with Tom Naylor...
ALL THAT SAID, Whatmough remains a rock at the heart of the defence, and Latics would do everything to try to keep hold of him...
Fill in the ‘highly unlikely’ bracket...
TWEET WAS THAT?!?
As we know, Talal Al Hammad loves a cryptic tweet...he just tweeted and quickly deleted a pic of a gust of wind...the plot thickens...
The name of Norwich striker Danel Sinani has been thrown into the mix by Alan Nixon. Luxembourg international (Sinani, not Nicko). Latics are known to be prioritising striking reinforcements.