The gentlemen, the man, the legend, our very own http://www.wigan.vitalfootball.co.uk/ editor worbo has done an interview about Charles N’Zogbia:
I have had the privilege of watching one of the finest football players I have ever seen turn out for my team on a weekly basis for the past 2 ½ seasons, I just wish him all the best, you`ve got some player coming your way.
1) So, always feel awkward interviewing an editor when a player is departing, but here we go… Are you surprised that N`Zogbia has agreed to move to Aston Villa?
Not surprised that he`s agreed to go because you have the potential, but what I am surprised about, and no disrespect to Villa, is that a bigger club, perhaps the wrong words, shall we say one competing in the Champions League haven`t come in for him. He is top class and performs week in, week out.
2) Do you think he is right to want to move on and how will he be ‘welcomed` when he returns in the claret and blue at your gaff?
He is at a stage of his career where he needs to be part of a team challenging for honours, he has expressed a desire to push on his international career and again playing at a more high profile club than the Latics will get him in the spotlight more often. Can see him becoming a permanent fixture in the France team.
When he returns to the DW I`d put my house on the fact that he gets a rousing reception, what he has done for the Latics over the past two and a half years has been fantastic. He is a legend; the performances that he put in during the run-in to the end of last season were nothing short of sensational. Most Latics fans will wish him the best and thank him for his superb efforts for the club.
3) What sort of a player do you think we are getting?
I`d go as far as saying that you are getting a World Class player, he is fast, great technical ability, works hard for the team and he is very responsible out on the pitch, he steps up, his attitude is spot on, don`t believe any of the rubbish you read about moods or tantrums, Charlie is comfortable on either side of the pitch but I think he is most effective playing down the right and cutting in, we have also played him in the hole behind the main striker. He can score, a good bet to pop up with very important goals, take a look at the highlights of our final home game of last season against West Ham for proof of that, all in all a top class player.
4) Straight choice, Stewart Downing or Charles N`Zogbia, which one would you go for?
Charles N`Zogbia without a shadow of a doubt, and I rate Downing, but Charlie is head and shoulders better, if you think you`ve ended up with a bum deal losing Downing and gaining N`Zogbia then you are in for a treat.
5) Do you think £9.5m is about right price wise?
Nowhere near what he is worth with the fees being paid for other players, definitely the bargain of the summer, due to his contract entering the final year that took away a bit of our bargaining power. You`ve got yourselves a tremendous asset for a relatively low price in comparison to the market.
6) Would you like Emile Heskey back?!?! ;o))
Err, no, would have last summer but a year too late, I thought he was off to Leicester?
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