Roberto Martinez has successfully completed the signing of James McArthur from Hamilton in the Scottish Premier League. The 22-year old midfielder joined the Premier League club for a fee of £1 million and put pen to paper on a four year deal. Roberto Martinez had also raided the Accies an year ago, when they signed McArthur’s fellow midfielder James McCarthy.
McArthur rose from the youth ranks at Hamilton. He broke into the first team in the year 2005 and since then he has made 168 league appearances and scored 10 goals. McArthur becomes Wigan’s second signing in as many days. Paraguay international Antolin Alcaraz received a work permit yesterday and completed his move to the DW stadium.
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez was delighted with the move for McArthur.”We are building a squad here at the DW and I see James as being another real quality addition who will add great competition in the midfield areas. He is young, hungry, desperate to play for us in the Premier League and I believe he has all the attributes you need to be a success at this level,” Martinez said.
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