Steve Bruce
I can't understand his motivation for leaving Brum for the Latics?
Was it just for the money? Can anyone shed more light on
this?
(Or failing that can someone come up with a juicy wee
conspiracy theory).
Again quoting from a newspaper, this time The Mirror
Another possibility - NEW OWNERS AT BIRMINGHAM
One possibility - BEEN THERE BEFORE
Wigan will be forced to pay Birmingham
�3m in compensation for
Bruce, who had a brief seven-week spell in charge at the JJB
Stadium six years ago.
Whelan, who is waiting for Bruce to thrash out a release
clause at Birmingham for assistant boss Eric Black, admitted taking
advantage of the uncertainty surrounding the ownership of
Birmingham to get his man.
Another possibility - JOB SECURITY
Hong Kong-based tycoon Carson Yeung is in talks over a takeover that must be completed by December 23. But Yeung had failed to give Bruce assurances over his future.
"There is no doubt that, from the start when we approached Steve, he was keen to come to us," Whelan said.
Pity really as I really would love to see Wigan join Sheffield
Utd, and Bruce has good potential.
Maybe hanging on for Villa after O'Neill gets the England job,
is a bit close to home.