Friday 9 November 2012 14:33, UK
Wigan boss Roberto Martinez is confident striker Arouna Kone can establish himself as a top player in the Premier League.
Meanwhile, Martinez has praised West Brom counterpart Steve Clarke, who has enjoyed an excellent start to life as a manager in his own right. He said: "Steve Clarke has brought a new approach and been really successful. "I think he knows the British game really well and has developed his own method out of his experiences with some of the best managers in the world - Mourinho, Kenny Dalglish, his experience at Newcastle. "But what he's bringing into the game is not what he's getting from someone else but something he has developed himself. "Steve Clarke has very strong values about the game in Britain and has developed very good man-management skills, always calm, always relaxed, always thoughtful. "West Brom are now the in-form team in the Premier League in my eyes, they are fifth in the table and they have dropped a few points with conceding a 91st-minute goal against Man City and against Villa, both games where they deserved more than that. "They are very well-balanced, and have kept the same group of players together for a long time."