Maloney will all the time have a particular place in Wigan folklore for his half as a participant in a well-known escape from Premier League relegation in 2012 and, much more memorably, the 12 months after, because the Latics received the FA Cup.
In actual fact, it was his nook which was headed in by Ben Watson as Wigan beat Manchester Metropolis at Wembley.
So it was a sentimental return to the membership for the ex-Belgium assistant supervisor when he arrived in January 2023.
However with the membership backside of the Championship, he couldn’t carry out his personal nice escape act.
Nevertheless, in a really troubled interval for the Latics during which gamers and employees weren’t paid on time and the group was deducted three factors for that offence, Maloney obtained credit score for a way he dealt with the scenario.
