Henchoz will sign for newly-promoted Wigan

The 30-year-old Swiss defender has impressed on trial and is Wigan's fourth summer signing.

Henchoz also played for Blackburn and made more than 200 appearances for Liverpool after joining in 1999.

He said: "I know I won't win as many games as I did at Liverpool, but it is another challenge for me and the aim is to stay up with Wigan."

Wigan boss Paul Jewell said: "He's still fairly young at 30, but the main thing is he has a lot of experience and that can help us.

"I didn't want to bring in players for the wrong reasons. Stephane showed real commitment.

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"He jumped on a plane to join us at our training base in Denmark and I was impressed by that."

Henchoz signed for Celtic on loan last season but made only two starts and has taken the chance to return to the Premiership with Wigan.

Wigan have also signed Rotherham goalkeeper Mike Pollitt and defenders Pascal Chimbonda and Ryan Taylor from Bastia and Tranmere respectively.