Waggie is off to Wigan on a free transfer but according to the Mercury a fee will be involved if the Latics get promotion which is a distinct possibility after their performances of late. Still think his best days are ahead of him and wishing him well with his future career. Some good memories of his goals and he always put in a full shift.
Extract from the Mercury below :-
One player who will not be with City next season is striker Martyn Waghorn, who joined Wigan permanently yesterday after agreeing a three-year contract with the Latics.
Waghorn, who is out of contract at the end of the season, has been on loan at the DW Stadium since the end of January and has agreed to remain with the Latics.
The terms of the agreement between the two clubs are undisclosed, but the Mercury understands a fee could be involved if Wigan, who are currently fifth in the Championship, gain promotion back to the Premier League.
Waghorn has made nine appearances for the Latics during his loan spell, scoring three goals. He joined City from Sunderland on loan in August 2009, but the 24-year-old, who has scored 20 goals for Leicester, made just four substitute's appearances this season.
Good Luck Martyn Waghorn
posted on 5/4/14
It's the best decision for all parties. Pearson originally brought him in on loan during our first season in the championship and he did well.
After Pearson left, Mandaric inexplicably spent £2.5m to get him to Leicester permanently, which even Steve Bruce described as 'silly money'. He wasn't worth anywhere near that and I think his tenure at Leicester has shown that to be the case.
He works hard, has potential and I'm sure he will do well with Wigan so good luck to him
posted on 5/4/14
Best of luck Martin. Despite it never really happening for you with the foxes, your attitude was always 100% and because of that you found your way into our hearts. I enjoyed watching you play. On the one occasion I met Martin, in a hotel pre Huddersfield away FA cup tie, he was the most normal, down to earth young kid that you would ever want to meet. Very polite, very courteous; a credit to LCFC.
As for Wigan, my opinion of them changed on Tuesday night. It was my first visit to the DW and I have to say I was impressed. Clearly still a Premier League set up. Good organisation (take note Barnsley) and a good noisy atmosphere. Martin could have done a lot worse than this. Wigan have got themselves a decent signing here. Lets hope we see them both next year.
posted on 5/4/14
Very likeable bloke, but just didn't achieve the level of consistency required to hold down a place and the fewer chances he got the poorer his performances became when a game came his way.
I loved the elation he showed after scoring the winner against Bristol last season.
I read somewhere that there is an additional £1 million payment to Sunderland if he got promoted with us, which may explain the timing of the move
posted on 5/4/14
And he has just scored for Wigan against Leeds
posted on 5/4/14
His 4th in 8 games
posted on 5/4/14
Given that he was playing for a manager that wanted him and got plenty of support from the fans, there's still a lot of mystery around Waghorn for me. He had ability, but somehow he never really got into the team. Now he's signed for Wigan, a team with a chance of playing in the Premiership last season and a team for whom he's been playing well.
Strange.