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Wigan accept Valencia loss as inevitable

Ecuador international Antonio Valencia is known to be a summer target for a host of top clubs and Wigan boss Steve Bruce acknowledges the winger has played his last game for the Latics. He told the Wigan Evening Post: "Antonio is going to be touch and go for Sunday, I would think he's less than 50/50. He's had this hamstring problem on-and-off since Christmas.

"It's inevitable that the lad will be leaving in the summer as there are clubs queuing up, jostling for position.

"I won't lie to fans about that. Of course I would love to keep him, but it's going to be impossible for that to happen.

"I'm not sure how far things have gone yet, but there have been phone calls, and people asking to be kept informed.

"I leave that side of things to the powers-that-be, but to be fair to (chief executive) Brenda Spencer and (general manager) John Benson, they always respect my decision on things like this.

"Where Antonio will end up, I really couldn't say. Would he be tempted by Spain? I don't know. Bayern Munich are also a huge club in Germany."

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