Bruce was forced to sell his stars during his time in charge at Wigan. The Latics sold players such as Wilson Palacios, Emile Heskey and Antonio Valencia.
Bruce said: “I knew I was losing them, I knew I was losing Palacios and I knew I was losing Heskey and I knew I was losing Valencia, so that was very, very difficult.
“We don’t want to lose anybody because we don’t have to, and we want to keep trying to build. That’s what the aim has got to be.”
