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Football finance expert Kieran Maguire has say on Wigan Athletic's fall into administration

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Wigan. The club was owned until 2018 by Dave Whelan, under whose ownership the Latics reached the Premier League and claimed an FA Cup win in 2013.Wigan were then sold in November of that year to International Entertainment Corporation (IEC) based in Hong Kong, before being transferred again to Next Leader Fund, which was confirmed as completed just last month.And Maguire, a football finance expert who wrote the book The Price of Football, admitted concern at the club being sold to owners who did not appear to have a history of running football clubs.Administrators say Wigan's current owners said they were no longer willing to put money into the club.Maguire said: "The initial reaction is one of shock because historically Wigan Athletic.

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