Wigan has signed former Tottenham and Liverpool defender

Wigan announce the signing of former Tottenham and Liverpool defender Steven Caulker…. with the 31-year-old joining the Championship strugglers until the end of the season

Wigan have confirmed they have signed ex-Tottenham defender Steven Caulker

Caulker has spent the last four years playing in Turkey for four different clubs

The 31-year-old has now joined Kolo Toure’s Wigan until the end of the season  

Wigan Athletic have confirmed that they have signed experienced center-back Steven Caulker until the end of the season.

Caulker arrives at the DW Stadium with the Latics currently bottom of the Championship and will be tasked with tightening up the side’s backline.

Kolo Toure’s men have conceded 46 goals in their 26 league matches to date, and find themselves three points from safety.

Wigan announced the news of Caulker’s arrival late on Monday evening, with the 31-year-old returning to England after spending the last four years in Turkey.

Caulker moved to Alanyaspor in January 2019 and has also played for Fenerbahce, Gaziantep, and Fatih Karagumruk during his time in the country. He was released by Karagumruk when his contract expired at the end of 2022.

He is now back in his country of birth, having originally come through the ranks at Tottenham.

Caulker broke into the Spurs first-team during the 2012-13 season and was handed his England debut in November 2012. He scored for the Three Lions but ultimately ended up on the losing side as Roy Hodgson’s men were beaten 4-2 by Sweden.

After falling out of favor at Tottenham, Caulker had a loan spell at Cardiff before being snapped up by QPR.

 

Further loans at Southampton and Liverpool followed before he tried his luck in Scotland at Dundee.

It turned out to be a short-lived spell north of the border before he moved to Turkey.

Caulker has since switched international allegiances to Sierra Leone, and made his debut for the African nation last year.

Following confirmation of his switch to Wigan, Caulker will wear the number 29 shirt, and he could be in line to make his debut when Toure’s team takes on Cardiff on Saturday.