It’s been an eventful month for Dino Maamria, he was sacked by Stevenage two weeks ago, before being appointed by Oldham Athletic on Thursday.
The new man has revealed to the media that his long-term ambition is to take the Latics into the Championship, somewhere the club have not played in since the 1996-97 season.
They currently sit 21st in the League Two table with many fans blaming the owner for their downfall in recent times.
Maamria told BBC Radio Manchester after taking over from Laurent Banide: “That’s my vision.
“That’s why I agreed to take the job. I thought ‘how far can go I with this club’ and I think that’s achievable.”
“Over how many years, I’m not going to look that far ahead. I’ve got to look at Saturday’s game and game-by-game first and foremost.
“Are we capable of promotion? There’s some talent here, they need some self-belief, confidence and organisation to make sure they win matches consistently. If we do that, we’ll get promoted this season.
“League Two is there for anybody to take charge of it.
“But you’ve got to prioritise. I’ve got to make sure I firstly give some spirit to the club, make sure I organise the team to win football matches and then the rest will take care of itself.”
Maamria reveals dealings with both Lemsagam and sporting director Mohamed Lemsagam have been positive.
He added: “I’d like to think I’m a good judge of character. They’re honest people and hardworking people, they’ve invested a lot of money in the football club and there’s no other reason for them to invest that amount of money if they don’t want success.
“They want to take the club to the Championship, they’re serious about it. They need a bit of help to do that.
“I’ll be the man hopefully to help them take this great football club back to the Championship at least.”
Fans read what he had and many were left laughing with some suggesting they were more likely to be heading to the National League – see those tweets for yourself on the next page.
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