Sunderland are set to sell winger James McClean to relegated Wigan Athletic for a cut-price £1.5 million, according to the
Mirror. The Latics are hoping to beat fellow Championship sides Queens Park Rangers and Blackburn to the services of the speedy midfielder, who has been deemed surplus to requirements by manager Paolo Di Canio at the Stadium of Light. Despite making an impressive start to his Black Cats career under ex-manager Martin O'Neill, McClean has since failed to live up to his form from his debut season at the club and Di Canio is wiling to let him go. Wigan, who are hoping to bounce back into the Premier League after dropping into the Championship in May, and are also playing in the Europa League as winners of the FA Cup, hope to have completed a deal by the end of today. McClean's sale is part of a huge summer overhaul of the North East club by Di Canio, who has made no fewer than nine signings so far. Emanuele Giaccherini, El-Hadji Ba, Jozy Altidore, Vito Mannone, David Moberg Karlsson, Modibo Diakité, Cabral, Valentin Roberge and Duncan Watmore have all joined Sunderland in recent months, while Simon Mignolet was sold to Liverpool.