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Nick Powell has the makings of another Wayne Rooney, says Wigan manager Owen Coyle
WIGAN manager Owen Coyle claims on-loan Manchester United star Nick Powell has a football brain like Wayne Rooney’s.
Teenager Powell has started to reproduce the kind of displays at Wigan which sealed a £6 million move from Crewe to Old Trafford 16 months ago.
“Nick is a natural footballer and is very much like a Wayne Rooney,” said Coyle.
“I know United have a position where they think Wayne is best but in my eyes he can play anywhere such is his football intelligence on the pitch. Nick Powell is like that.”