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Solly on the move?

Kap10
Kap10 Posts: 15,592
edited June 2012 in General Charlton
Knees Up Mother Brown reporting that WHU have made an enquiry into CS availability. http://www.kumb.com/story.php?id=126287#.T9HSaItu6vI.twitter , whilst we are interested in Sam Baldock.

Love this paragraph about how Solly took over from regular full back Carl Jenkinson, who only ever played 8 games.

"Rochester-born Solly made his debut for Charlton at the age of 18 on the final day of the 2008/09 season, but it was only when regular right-back Carl Jenkinson fell out of favour in March 2011 that he became a regular member of the first team"

Any way something for us to talk about football wise.



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  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    I hope not!
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,772
    Sam Baldock would be a good addition but no way can we lose Solly - The key players in our defence have to remain intact next season.
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,079
    I love Chris as a bloke and as a player but a right back is far easier to replace than another position.

    If and it's a massive unfounded IF we got Baldock in, some cash AND took Lowton from Sheff Utd then we would be better off would we not?
  • Draizetrain
    Draizetrain Posts: 801
    He aint going anywhere.
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,627
    I would hate to see him go, but I guess if it allowed us to bring in 3 or 4 quality players, then it makes sense to look into it. At the end of the day it's always about the team moving forward and not about individual players. I'd be gutted if he went though.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,011
    edited June 2012
    an enquiry that has hopefully been met with a swift 'f**k off'
  • Would have to be for a similar proportion of money that Jenkinson went for ie allowing us to be one of the top spenders in the league. As that would be multiple millions cant see it happening.

    No point selling our best players unless it allows us to buy better players.

  • Plaaayer
    Plaaayer Posts: 9,002
    I think if he goes, it will be to a bigger club than West Ham.
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,835
    edited June 2012
    I think if he goes, it will be to a bigger club than West Ham.
    Sheffield Wednesday?
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,592
    I think if he goes, it will be to a bigger club than West Ham.
    Sheffield Wednesday then, as only they could be bigger than the club that won the world cup!


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  • Every players has a price. For me I wouldnt sell for anything less than 2.5 million and im pretty sure that would scare west spam off
  • CAFCBourne
    CAFCBourne Posts: 3,795
    Hold onto him for another year and we could be talking serious money lets see
  • SheedyCAFC
    SheedyCAFC Posts: 1,253
    He won't stay with us forever, he's a footballer, I'd keep him for this season and see how it goes, then sell him for anything above 3 million
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,034
    I love Chris as a bloke and as a player but a right back is far easier to replace than another position.

    If and it's a massive unfounded IF we got Baldock in, some cash AND took Lowton from Sheff Utd then we would be better off would we not?

    I am afraid I agree with this .

    To be clear I am NOT saying that we should sell Chris but IF we did then Baldock and lets say another £1 Million which could secure Lowton would make our squad stronger .

  • sammy391
    sammy391 Posts: 3,790
    I'd be happy with 2 mil , Sam baldock and a few add-ons ( for appearances , goals and future transfer fees )
  • I'd prefer to keep him, but if the money is enough for us to bring in replacements that will make the squad stronger then it makes sense, and the current owners have demonstrated that they are very business minded in that regard.

    However, I don't think that any of our players have done enough, yet, for a Premier League club to make the kind of investment in them that we are all talking about.

    If we assume that a squad player that is expecting to push for a first team place is going to cost upwards of £2m then you would expect the club to want the player on a decent length contract, minimum three years but probably four years. A £2m, plus, player is going to expect close to £20k a week. A four year contract plus a transfer fee is going to run close to £6m.

    If a player has not, yet, looked good in the Championship there is a massive risk that if he is not good enough for the Premier League you will not see any of that £6m. The player will be earning too much to expect any tea to even take him on a free.

    For this reason I can't see the kind of offers being mentioned to our more successful players of last season.

    Cue a £3m offer for Solly and £30k a week for the player just to make me look an arse!
  • cafcvfr
    cafcvfr Posts: 179
    for some reason i don't think chris will leave this summer
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,772
    I think we can't really know how good a right back he can be, but we do know that he is a key part of an excellent defensive unit that will be key to our success next season. Three players that should be untouchable/unsellable are Solly, Wiggins and Morrison.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,671
    the outcome to this may tell us more about the realistic aspirations for our club under the new owners than anything we've heard so far.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,348
    I'd take Baldock, Lowton, Quinn and Andrews if it meant we had to sell Wagstaff and Solly. He's a great player but at the end of the day we would be silly not to sell if a great offer came in. One player doesn't make a squad, but the money from selling that one player could.

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  • Addicted
    Addicted Posts: 2,804
    Be a real shame to see Chris leave but if reinvested we could make a real leap forward again.
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    the outcome to this may tell us more about the realistic aspirations for our club under the new owners than anything we've heard so far.
    possibly, although possibly not if the player is motivated to move, wouldn't you agree?

  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    I very much doubt a League 1 player will command a fee of 2.5 mil. Would prefer to keep him. Does anyone know who he supports?
  • Plaaayer
    Plaaayer Posts: 9,002
    I'd be Solly to see him leave.
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    I'd be Solly to see him leave.
    Just say Sorry!
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,671
    the outcome to this may tell us more about the realistic aspirations for our club under the new owners than anything we've heard so far.
    possibly, although possibly not if the player is motivated to move, wouldn't you agree?

    possibly

    :-)

    The motivation for a player to move is likely to be either finances or ambition.

    Do we have the finances and ambition to keep good players?

    We may be about to find out.

  • Mortimerician
    Mortimerician Posts: 5,222
    From a salary and fees perspective any premiership side could tempt away any of our players. For a while we've flown under the radar, but having smashed all kinds of records last year that's no longer going to be the case , particularly not for a young right back who walked off with player of the year. Nobody is unsellable. We've got a good board but one that (I'm guessing) wants to make a return, and you've also got a human variable: Chris might be interested in more money and a higher level of the sport - people will doubtlessly be baffled by that, but these guys aren't Charlton fans, and they're working in a career that's about one quarter the length of a normal working life.
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    the outcome to this may tell us more about the realistic aspirations for our club under the new owners than anything we've heard so far.
    possibly, although possibly not if the player is motivated to move, wouldn't you agree?

    possibly

    :-)

    The motivation for a player to move is likely to be either finances or ambition.

    Do we have the finances and ambition to keep good players?

    We may be about to find out.

    they are in the premiership (aren't they) hard nay impossible to compete with that whatever we threw at him
  • Paddy Powell
    Paddy Powell Posts: 2,845
    Does anyone know who he supports?
    Solly's a gooner.
  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,813
    L1 to the Premiership is a big, big leap - I think this is ballcocks.