A LATICS supporters’ group says fans are being treated with “disdain” after the departure of boss Harry Kewell.

Push The Boundary have called out owner Abdallah Lemsagam and his brother and sporting director Mohamed after Kewell became the latest casualty of their three years at the helm.

PTB, set up in October 2019, have previously protested against the club hierarchy at Boundary Park, and took aim at the current structure at Latics in a statement following Kewell’s exit.

In particular they are unhappy with the role of the sporting director who has outlasted every coach appointed, the next being the seventh permanent appointment by the Lemsagams.

The statement read: “In the last few years, managers have come and gone in quick succession but the one constant that it is impossible to ignore is that the custodians of this club continue to act without thought to the legacy they are destroying with each passing moment they are at the helm.

“What also stands out is how the current structure at the club, in terms of recruitment and the working relationship between the head coach/sporting director is not working.

“Usually when a manager leaves his position, either of his own volition or if he is released by the club, it usually brings with it the opportunity to enter a new era, to have a fresh start and push forwards.

“Sadly with our club in more recent years, especially under the regime of the Lemsagams, it just feels inevitable that change and/or controversy is always just around the corner.

“It is impossible to ignore that despite questionable recruitment over the last three years, it is yet again the sporting director who outlasts the head coach and there appears to be no sign of that changing.

“How can we push forward as a club when there is no accountability from the person who has overseen recruitment in one of the darkest periods for our club?

“Our club needs an urgent overhaul of the footballing structure before a new head coach/ manager is brought in.

“For the integrity of the club, the town and the long-suffering fans it represents, we are calling on Abdallah and Mohammed Lemsagam to rethink their current “vision” for the club.

“Let us be perfectly clear, this is not about Harry Kewell, it is about the disdain with which fans are being treated, yet again.

“Whoever is next through the door give them the opportunity to do it their way without interference and free from sporting director control. Only then will we see change.”