Johnnie Jackson revealed he doesn’t know if Junior Nkeng will nonetheless be an AFC Wimbledon participant when the summer time switch window closes after {the teenager} helped his facet to victory in opposition to Wigan Athletic.
Nkeng, 19, modified the sport after coming off the bench within the 67th minute, inflicting loads of issues for Latics’ defence earlier than Myles Hippolyte’s winner lastly got here within the 88th minute.
The ahead has been linked with a transfer away from the Cherry Red Records Stadium this summer time.
However, Jackson hopes he stays after serving to the Dons document their first League One win of the season.
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Hope
“I hope so, for that reason that you just said there, he is different to what we have got,” he mentioned.
“It has not happened up until now, Tuesday is going to come around quickly, so there isn’t long to go.
“For me, to be able to look around and see someone like that who can come on and impact a game is something that we have not necessarily got in our squad.
“Hopefully he is with us, but the performances that he has been putting in are obviously going to catch people’s attention.
“With 48 hours to go, I don’t know what is going to happen. So selfishly, I hope he is here.
“We needed to make changes to try and change the flow of the game.
“I can’t speak highly enough of the lads who have come on and done the job that I have asked them to do.
“It’s easy just throwing bodies on, but you need the boys to do what you have asked, and they have all done it.”
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The Dons felt they need to have had a penalty when Latics goalkeeper Joe Walsh headed a clearance immediately into the trail of Jayden Stockley.
The striker would have had a transparent shot at an open objective however felt he had been pulled again by Walsh, hitting the deck earlier than seeing his appeals waved away by referee Andrew Humphries.
Wigan additionally got here near scoring in weird circumstances shortly afterwards when Jensen Weir’s shot-turned-cross was tipped onto the crossbar by Joe McDonnell.
AFC Wimbledon managed the opening quarter-hour of the second half, however the guests regarded harmful on the break, with Connor Barrett forcing an excellent save from McDonnell after being picked out within the field by Archie Harris.
Sonny Perkins bought on the tip of a ball throughout the face of objective moments later, however he by some means fired over when confronted with an empty web.
Stockley bought on the tip of a cross with 5 minutes remaining however he headed the ball over the bar.
The breakthrough lastly got here within the 88th minute when Hippolyte poked the ball previous Walsh after being put by means of on objective by Donnell McNeilly.
Take our probabilities
Wigan had a number of photographs on objective throughout an entertaining afternoon, however couldn’t make the strain depend.
They have now bought only one level to their title after three fixtures and are rooted to the underside of the desk.
However, Wigan supervisor Gary Caldwell believes his facet might have gained all three of their matches thus far this season.
“I don’t know how we have lost it to be perfectly honest, but we have to get better in certain actions,” he added.
“It is clear, we created so many good moments and so many great chances but no goals again.
“So yeah, we have to be better in the final third, and in or around the box.
“We have to take our chances, not small chances, big chances, and not just from one player but different players.
“We spoke about controlling the chaos of long balls and set-pieces. I thought we could have been better at that at times. I still think, at times, we did that well.
“We have to keep working. When you have difficult moments like this in football you have to keep working.
“This is a new group, but as young players you can’t come out, play like that, and not win.
“That is three games where I think we should have won the game. We haven’t, so we have to look at that.
“I will and my staff will and we have to get better.”
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