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Liverpool and Manchester City eyeing Wigan hitman Emile Heskey

Published 00:00 01/12/08 By By Mirror Sport

Dave Whelan is ready to sanction the January sale of Emile Heskey in a bid to save Wigan from a £4million summer bombshell.

England striker Heskey, 30, has snubbed Wigan's attempts to hand him a new deal to replace his current contract, which expires at the end of the season.

Liverpool and Manchester City are both eyeing a cutprice swoop for the powerful frontman in January.

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