Elder Earns Promotion With Wigan
- Callum Elder celebrates promotion from League 1 with Wigan Athletic
- The Latics beat Fleetwood Town 4-0 on Saturday to seal a return to the Championship
- Ahmed Musa scored twice in 12 second-half minutes to help CSKA Moscow move up to second in the Russian Premier League
- Andy King, Elliott Moore and Raul Uche Rubio also featured this weekend
Elder, 23, has spent the 2017/18 campaign on loan at the Latics, amassing 30 appearances in all competitions.
On Saturday, the left back notched up another 90 minutes for Wigan, who cruised to a 4-0 triumph at Fleetwood Town to secure a return to the second tier of English football.
Elder has been part of many memorable wins for Paul Cook’s men, including a 1-0 victory over Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City in the Emirates FA Cup Fifth Round.
🍾🍾 🍾 What a day! 💙 pic.twitter.com/8A5a0mD1Sw
— Callum Elder (@CallumElder_) April 21, 2018
Another loan star who experienced an enjoyable weekend was forward Ahmed Musa, whose late brace earned CSKA Moscow a 2-1 win over FK Krasnodar.
The Nigeria international has now scored three goals in his last three appearances for the Russian outfit, who sit second in the Russian Premier League table.
Elliott Moore, meanwhile, continued his productive spell on loan at Belgian outfit Oud-Heverlee Leuven, completing 90 minutes in their clash with Royal Excel Mouscron.
The young defender captained Nigel Pearson’s men to a 3-1 Play-Off 2 win at King Power at Den Dreef Stadion on Saturday.
A day later, Wales international midfielder Andy King made his seventh Premier League appearance for Swansea City.
Carlos Carvalhal’s outfit were heavily beaten, though, as the 2017/18 Premier League champions celebrated their recent title triumph with a 5-0 success at Etihad Stadium.
Spanish youngster Raul Uche Rubio also featured this weekend, but he could not prevent Real Betis B from losing 1-2 to FC Cartagena.
Algeria international Islam Slimani, meanwhile, will be aiming to help Newcastle United beat Everton at Goodison Park on Monday 23 April.
Nampalys Mendy (OGC Nice), Leonardo Ulloa (Brighton & Hove Albion) and Bartosz Kapustka (SC Freiburg) were not in action this weekend.