Shaun Maloney has suffered a hammer blow to his hopes of keeping new club Wigan Athletic up this season.
The Latics have been slapped with a three point deduction by the EFL just two months after the former Hibs boss took up the post at the DW Stadium. Maloney was tasked with keeping Wigan afloat in the English Championship with the club sitting bottom of the table and without a win in their last five games.
But an increasingly-worrying situation off the park has resulted in the club confirming they would have to delay their wage payments to players and staff due to “liquidity issues”. Wigan had previously been sanctioned for 'failing to adhere to the terms of the Standard Contracts that were in force' in June, July and October last year.
