Northampton Town have "parted company" with head of recruitment Alex Latimer following an "initial assessment" by the League Two club's new owners.

In a statement, Sports Alpha Capital, the Brazilian investment consortium who took a 70% stake in the League Two club in September, said it was "beginning to implement changes to strengthen the club and support its long-term ambitions".

Latimer joined the Cobblers in October 2016 as its head of performance analysis and had been in post as head of recruitment since November 2023.

Northampton, managed by Chris Hogg, finished bottom of League One last season and are 21st in the fourth tier after 13 games.

Writing on the club's website, Sports Alpha Capital said it had "spent the first five weeks [of its ownership] listening, observing and speaking to people across the club, forming an assessment of where the club is, where it needs extra support and what needs to be done".

The group said that a new head of recruitment would be announced in "due course" and "as part of the wider process of rebuilding the club's recruitment department".

Last month, the club confirmed former Arsenal director of football Edu would serve as a senior advisor to Northampton's new owners - who include former AC Milan and Chelsea forward Alexandre Pato.