Shaun Maloney on why he signed Charlie Goode

Wigan Athletic manager Shaun Maloney explains why he signed Charlie Goode and emphasised the need for competition for places.

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00:00 Liam's fully fit, he's training. I think some of it's just a tactical decision.

00:05 I think we've also got Jason Carr come back.

00:07 He'll come back in even better condition or a better place than I thought he would.

00:13 Liam will get his chance again, for sure.

00:16 A little bit around us with signing Luke Chambers, it was sort of, if you look at obviously when Tom got injured,

00:24 and then we got Luke in, so it was, yeah, that's why I signed Charlie Goodes.

00:29 A bit of experience, a very different type of centre-back, different profile, similar to Jason Carr.

00:34 So to have a 21-year-old goalkeeper, 19, 20 and 20, I think, yeah, Charlie's still 20.

00:41 To have that as your back four is a big ask.

00:45 So I think Charlie Goodes and Jason will make Charlie Hughes and Liam even better.

00:50 And Kel's position, he's got a big competition now with Pearcey and Luke Chambers.

00:54 So Kel's training extremely well.

00:56 He's a brilliant professional, good person.

00:59 So yeah, that's what we need, we need competition in places.