The 17-year-old midfielder is rated as one of the best prospects in Chelsea’s academy.
Latics have been chasing Chelsea youngster Reggie Walsh for much of the summerplaceholder image
Latics have been chasing Chelsea youngster Reggie Walsh for much of the summer
Latics have been on his trail for much of the summer, but have been frustrated in their attempts to secure a deal already.
Walsh has recently been away with the rest of the Chelsea squad on their tour of Australia and Asia.
But with the Blues now back in the UK, Gary Caldwell is hopeful of concluding the arrangement that would give Walsh his first loan move.
The player – who has represented England at Under-15s, Under-16s, Under-17s and Under-18s – has been with Chelsea from the age of seven.
He is the third youngest player to turn out for Chelsea, and the second youngest Englishman – behind Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere – to play in the Champions League.
Latics will obviously be hopeful he follows in the footsteps of Chelsea skipper Reece James, whose first taste of senior football was during a loan spell at Wigan in 2018/19.
James went on to win every single award at the club’s player of the year awards, and even captained Latics in his last appearance against Millwall, when he received a standing ovation while being substituted in the dying seconds.
Walsh’s proposed move wouldn’t be the first transfer dealings between Latics and Chelsea this summer.
Latics academy product Harrison Bettoni moved to Stamford Bridge last month, with a ‘substantial’ development fee winging its way into the Wigan bank account.