[theo_luddite]

Wigan will start on -4 points next season after their last failure to pay players and other staff on time.

Let's hope we haven't got a new owner coming in like theirs. Just remember the twat that drove Bury into oblivion passed the EFL's so called "fit and proper" person tests.

From the Grauniad

Wigan penalised four points for 2023-24 season
Wigan Athletic will be deducted four points from the 2023/24 Sky Bet League One table after failing to pay its players’ wages on time in May 2023 and further to previous breaches of EFL Regulations.

The sanction will be applied at the start of the new league campaign with the Club also receiving an additional four-point deduction for season 2023/24, which is to be suspended until 30 June 2024.

That sanction will come into effect if the Club’s owner, Mr Abdulrahman Al Jasmi, fails to deposit an amount equal to 125% of the Club’s forecast monthly wage bill in a designated Club account, a key term of the Agreed Decision reached between the EFL and the Club in January, by Wednesday 24 May 2023.

The suspended deduction will also be activated if the Club fails to pay its players on time between now and the end of June 2024.

In addition, the Club has also had a further three points deducted from its 2022/23 Championship total for the late payment of players’ wages in March 2023 resulting in their final total being 39 points.

Mr Al Jasmi was also charged with Misconduct and fined £10,000 for failing to comply with the terms of the Agreed Decision.