Maynard to have medical at Wigan

Cardiff City striker Nicky Maynard is to have a medical with Championship play-off hopefuls Wigan, Latics manager Uwe Rosler has revealed.

Maynard, 27, suffered a serious knee injury shortly after joining Cardiff from West Ham in August 2012.
"He is coming off the back of a bad injury. He's been fit now for a while [and] is ready to go," Rosler said.
The move follows news of Wigan striker Grant Holt's loan switch to Premier League side Aston Villa.

Maynard's injury limited him to four appearances for Cardiff last season as the Welsh club won the Championship title. A further 10 outings have followed in 2013-14, with his only goal this term coming in the League Cup second round at Accrington in August.
Maynard did not feature in either of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first two games as Cardiff boss, with Peter Odemwingie, Fraizer Campbell and Andreas Cornelius all selected ahead of him.

Despite this lack of action, Rosler said he was convinced the former Crewe and Bristol City striker would be an asset to to his team.

"He looks sharp and I think he has a point to prove for himself in his career and he has a point to prove to people," he said.

"I think he matches our ambitions because we have to prove a point that we want to go into the play-offs and win promotion this year. To get such a hungry player at this stage of the season with such a proven goal record is a very good move."

And Rosler added: "The deal is not done. He has a medical - but we do not expect a problem."
Maynard will challenge players such as Marc-Antoine Fortune and Manchester United loanee Nick Powell for a starting spot up front if he makes the switch.
FA Cup holders Wigan sold forward Nouha Dicko to Wolves for an undisclosed fee on Monday. They are unbeaten in six Championship games, and sit 10th in the table - three points off the final play-off spot and with a game in hand on their closest rivals.

loan or permanent? ?

Hopefully just a loan because if we get relegated he is the exact type of player that we'll need to score goals in the Championship.

He'll do well for Wigan if he starts regularly; he used to score for fun with Bristol City in the Championship.

Another victim of our striker-unfriendly style of play this season.

This is a bit of an interesting move. I get to see Wigan quite a bit, as I live here, and Nick Powell (Man Utd Loanee) is pure class. Too good for the Championship in my opinion.

I've just gained around £100

This is a bit of an interesting move. I get to see Wigan quite a bit, as I live here, and Nick Powell (Man Utd Loanee) is pure class. Too good for the Championship in my opinion.

True that, one of the more versatile players about. Moyes is going to be happy with what he gets back I reckon

Good. This is money off the wage bill and another striker guaranteed to come in at least now. All good news.

IF we do go down a fit maynard should get us 15 goals a seaon so im glad we loaned him for now.. see were we are in the summer if were still in the pl sell him if not hes fit had plenty of games and hopefully scoring win win situation

Why we are getting rid of our second best striker is crazy! Maynard showed when he came on at Arsenal what he can offer. Why not loan Cornelius or Odemwingie out, the pair of them aren't as good as Maynard and are on much higher wages! I'm all for offloading players to bring someone else in, but this is a stupid move!

Good. This is money off the wage bill and another striker guaranteed to come in at least now. All good news.

Wouldn't mind seeing 2 being brought in, might be being greedy mind you.