Filan set for summer Wigan exit

Filan joined Wigan from Blackburn for £600,000 in 2001

Veteran Wigan goalkeeper John Filan will return home to Australia at the end of the season.

The 37-year-old former Cambridge United, Coventry and Blackburn keeper has been at Wigan since December 2001 but is out of contract in June.

"I am negotiating on a house at the moment, so we are going to go back to Australia," Filan said.

"If I can first help the club get as high up the league as possible then that would be a great finish for me."

Filan, who has been playing in the UK for 14 years, is considering extending his career back in Australia.

"It is one of the options," he added. "We all know how quickly things can change in the game, but that's my mindset."