All here in the SLP...
CHRISTIAN Dailly is due to return to Charlton next week and could yet agree a deal to stay with the club.
The 36-year-old centre-back is out of contract but has been told he is welcome back at the Addicks’ New Eltham training base and he is expected to report for talks with manager Phil Parkinson following the first pre-season friendly against AFC Wimbledon this weekend.
“I would like Christian to stay and we’re working hard to make that happen,” said Parkinson.
Dailly won the club’s Player of the Year award last season and formed a solid partnership with Sam Sodje.
However, it looks unlikely that the duo will play together again in SE7 - the South London Press understands that Sodje could be set for a move to Greece.
http://www.southlondon-today.co.uk/tn/Sport.cfm?id=24468&headline=Charlton
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I thought he'd stay and play with his brother
Good news about Christian - but why was he granted an extra week off?
beat me to it
Don't know how much weight of truth can be attached to it, but will be interesting if Sodje ends up there.
Beat me to it, Old Bloke.
And I don't blame him. With dodgy knees, he's going to try and get another contract wherever he can, while he can.
We did sign Doherty ....... and we've still got Mad Miguel.
His knees are where he keeps his judgement, Scoh.
No, due to red cards. See above.
Getting Dailly back would be major - and Chilvers, dependable CB with solid Championship experience behind him, could be a major plus.
I wonder whether we were reluctant to offer him a deal if his knees are shot. I've not read he turned us down anywhere.
I wish him luck where ever he ends up. He's the kind of player you can't help but like.
How could I forget Mr Llera? Sorry Miguel.
We definitely need 3 senior centre backs minimum + Mambo though.
I like Big Mig gives his all and he does a job at this level.
How i interpreted that was we were one short last season. With only Sodje and Llera as cb's and Dailly as a utility player.
So Sodje out Doherty in leaves space for Chilvers / Fortune at least , if Llera went we could have both or Chilvers as a Richardson replacement.
I'd love to see both sign.
They also want Stavrinou, but Parky wants to see how they do for us in pre-season.
Surely it should be 'this is what we can afford, take it or leave it' and his response is 'Yes ok' or 'no thanks I'm afraid'
Its not like the premiership days were there are add ons, boot deals, sponsorship tie inns, clauses in contracts
Get on with it or move on?????? You've had 2 months to sort it out.
Apart from a couple of the young pros no doubt signed on small contracts, notice how the club hadn't signed ANYONE until players had been sold and the money safely in the bank?
It was also reported on the OS, that playing budget wasn't finalised by the Board until this week.
So how are new deals to be offered and players signed until Parky gets the nod from the Board?
And now that's happened finally. This week.
It appears to be human nature to indulge in brinkmanship when it comes to contracts.
The b****** who lower their offer on the day you are meant to exchange contracts on a house for instance.
They gamble that your need to move outweighs the annoyance factor of their mucking you about and that you will cut your nose off to spite your face re the new place if you turn them down.
Dailly was fans player of the year. He might think he is worth a little more than he has been offered. Equally the Club might be trying it on.
Who knows?
He might just be busy decorating this week or taking the kids to the park. Perhaps this week, 'Er indoors is the boss, not Parky.
I'm sure there must have already been some preliminary chat - but maybe Parky has had his hands tied until players sold, money in the bank and playing budget agreed by the Board?
That's since been done - and now the time has come to sort out new contracts both for new and existing players. Hence the signing of 3 new players in as many days.
As for Sodje, although I do like the guy, he can be a liability and 14 career red cards is far too many. He massively let us down against Swindon on boxing day and had quite a few stinkers. One Sodje is probably enough anyway.
one Sodje is definately more than enough, especially the one we have been left with.