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Caldwell backs Martinez for Reds

Wigan skipper Gary Caldwell insists he would have no problem seeing Roberto Martinez leave the club for Liverpool.

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Wigan skipper Gary Caldwell insists he would have no problem seeing Roberto Martinez leave the club for Liverpool. Martinez is the frontrunner to succeed Kenny Dalglish at Anfield after holding talks with the club's American owners. It has been claimed Martinez is set to announce his future plans on Tuesday as to whether he will move to Liverpool or remain at Wigan. Caldwell believes Martinez must take the Liverpool job if it is offered to him and he believes the Spaniard can handle the Anfield hotseat. "If the opportunity comes to go to Liverpool, you take it. We all understand that. I'm sure he would take it," Caldwell told the Daily Star on Sunday. "Roberto Martinez has a great future ahead of him. When you beat Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal in the space of a couple of weeks it gets you recognition and hype and he deserves it "Nothing fazes him. He stays very calm. Having worked with a lot of Scottish and British managers, you see the tea cups being thrown and stuff. "But he's from Spain and it's a different culture and mentality and he remains very calm.

Good enough

"He has what it takes to manage a club such as Liverpool. "If that big job comes now then he has to go and show he is good enough. "Having worked with him and knowing his tactical awareness and the thought he puts into training, then who knows what he could go on and achieve at a big club like Liverpool with their resources? "Only time will tell. We all live in the real world and you need an opportunity in life."

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