Latics have invited kidnap-boy Sahil Saeed and his family to Boundary Park to watch Saturday's Coca-Cola League One fixture against Brighton.

Chief Executive Alan Hardy has been in contact with the family of the five-year-old who is due back  in Oldham tonight after his kidnap ordeal in Pakistan.

Sahil spent 12 days in captivity after he was seized during a robbery at his grandmother's home in Jhelum and was only released earlier this week after a ransom of £110,000 was handed over by his father Raja to the kidnappers on a street in Paris.

Mr Hardy said: "I have spoken to the family's representative to extend an invite to Sahil and his family to attend Saturday's game as guests of the club and they are considering it.

"We thought it would be an opportunity for the people of Oldham to welcome Sahil back to  to the town after his ordeal."