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Wigan: Jewell resigned, Hutchings appointed

May 14th, 2007

Paul Jewell resigned as manager of Wigan on Monday and was replaced by his assistant Chris Hutchings, 24 hours after the club secured its Premiership status for another season with a nail-biting win over Sheffield United on the final day of the season.

Wigan chairman Dave Whelan revealed that Jewell had felt under severe stress for the last few months and said he expected the manager to take a prolonged break from the game, although that failed to prevent him being linked to the managerial vacancy at Manchester City created by Monday’s sacking of Stuart Pearce. Whelan said:

“He has been really, really struggling with nerves over the last few months and that’s not Paul Jewell at all. “We haven’t had a good season, we’ve had bad luck, bad decisions and it’s all come together and got Paul Jewell down. He’s physically drained. “He told me his decision this morning and I was half expecting it. It’s affected his health. He’ll be back in this game, probably not with Wigan, but he’ll be back.'”

Asked if he was concerned Jewell might join a Premiership rival, Whelan said: “I asked if he’d been approached by another club or if he’d been tapped up. He said ‘no, I swear on my children’s lives. I’m going to have a rest.’

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