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'Chris Kirkland hopes to earn a new deal at Wigan Athletic.

Kirkland's fitness setback at Doncaster Rovers is the latest problem in a long line of injuries which have disrupted the 30-year-old's career.

"First of all, I'd like to regain my place at Wigan and sign a new deal," he said in the Daily Mirror. "I understand that teams are going to be suspicious, but I hope somebody will take a chance like Paul Jewell did when I came here.'

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