Bruce has options

Wigan manager Steve Bruce has the luxury of a full-strength squad to choose from ahead of Sunday's short trip to Blackburn in the Barclays Premier League.

Top scorer Amr Zaki has recovered from a hamstring injury and has impressed Bruce in training this week, while record signing Charles N'Zogbia is over a niggling knee problem.

Lee Cattermole returns from a four-match suspension to bolster the midfield, and Bruce has the option of pushing Paul Scharner back into the defence to accommodate the Teessider.

Erik Edman will again be on the bench as he returns to the ground on which he suffered a seriuous knee injury towards the end of last term.

Provisional squad: Kirkland, Pollitt, Kingson, Melchiot, Figueroa, Edman, Boyce, Bramble, Scharner, Valencia, Koumas, De Ridder, Cattermole, Brown, Watson, N'Zogbia, Kapo, Zaki, Mido, Rodallega, Sibierski.