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Transfer: Franco Di Santo Makes Permanent Move To Wigan

After spending last year on loan at Blackburn, former Chelsea prospect Franco Di Santo is set to move to Wigan on a permanent, according to one of The Guardian’s Twitter feeds:

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#Wigan confirm the signing of Franco Di Santo on a three-year contract from #Chelsea for an undisclosed fee ….less than a minute ago via TweetDeck

↵Undisclosed fee doesn’t sound very expensive in this context. Translated: Chelsea refuse to admit defeat.

↵This can’t be good news for Di Santo’s countryman Mauro Boselli. Brought in for a record fee this summer from Estudiantes, the Argentine striker has yet to score for the Latics. Then again, everybody save Hugo Rodallega has failed to score for Wigan.

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