Any hope of signing Rotherham United keeper Mike Pollitt now appear over as the highly rated custodian is close to signing for Wigan Athletic.
The side who will start their first ever term in the Premiership next season,are expected to pay around £100,000 for the 33 year old who is expected to be understudy to former City keeper John Filan.
“He is a player I'm interested in signing and we have made an approach,” manager Paul Jewell said to the Wigan website. “However, at this moment in time we are still at the discussion stage.”