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By Neil Johnston Dave Whelan, the Wigan Athletic chairman, once gave Andy Johnson a lift in his helicopter in an attempt to land the striker. Two years after that stunt ended in failure, the England international is back on Wigan's radar. Johnson turned down Wigan's advances and opted instead to join Everton from Crystal Palace in the summer of 2006, but with Goodison manager David Moyes now seemingly prepared to sell him to raise money for new recruits, Wigan are confident of signing him at last. Everton farewell? Steve Bruce wants Andy Johnson to spearhead Wigan's attack Wigan will have to invest a club record fee of around £11 million to secure Johnson's services, twice as much as their current record outlay of £5.5 million for Emile Heskey, but Whelan is determined to reunite Johnson with Steve Bruce, the manager he... [read full story]
