Wigan midfielder Payne returns to Oldham on loan

Wigan Athletic midfielder Kai Payne has signed a season-long loan deal with Oldham Athletic.

Payne, 20, had a brief loan spell at Oldham last season in the National League, playing five games.

But now he returns to Boundary Park as they prepare for their first campaign back in the English Football League after a three-year exile.

Payne has played seven games for Wigan, but he is yet to make a league start for them.

"Kai is a young player with bags of potential - he gives us a different dynamic in midfield that we all saw when he was here last time," Oldham boss Micky Mellon told the club website.

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