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Bruce's Heskey verdict
Wigan Athletic, 14:06, November 23, 2008 ,
Wigan boss Steve Bruce admits star striker Emile Heskey looks set to join a bigger club but probably not until next summer.
The England international is out of contract at the end of the season and Latics are likely to resist the temptation to cash in on the 30-year-old halfway through the campaign.
But Bruce accepts Heskey does look poised to return to a bigger club - with Aston Villa and Tottenham linked - after a spell with Liverpool earlier in his career.
Bruce told the News of the World: "If he does allow his contract to run out, he will have a number of suitors because he has done very well.
"With the way he is playing for Wigan and England, it would not be difficult to see him pushed back in the limelight."