It's a shame but I hope he chooses a club where he will get game time. I think he could play in the prem for a lower half team in terms of his skill and the fact this may lead to playing minutes. Any place he'll just sit in the reserves would be a waste for both of us. You've seen it with England's bright young generation at the WC, some of them are massively over hyped in terms of ability (Wilshere for example). I just don't want him to think he's made it off the back of a really good half season with us.
Don't need players who don't want to be here. Wish him all the best in his upcoming reserve season. Complete waste of talent. Used us to sell himself on.
And the people giving him grief…..do you feel as much for the players we just let go at the drop of a hat when their contracts run out?
Football is a short career, and although paid well, you can't always knock a player for wanting to better himself.
Diego didn't sulk, he worked his bollocks off when playing, he didn't hand in requests or anything like that. He played out his contract and doesn't want to renew. Nothing really wrong with that.
Could smell this coming for ages, and boy does it stink. I'm not going to join in all the wishing him well - I think he has shat on the club and us fans from a great height and he can rot on someone else's bench as far as i am concerned. No, I don't blame him for setting his sights elsewhere BUT, as Jonjo showed, there is a way of doing that which shows respect and appreciation for where you have come from. Diego hasn't seen fit to even do that, so he can piss right off.
I don't understand some of the bitter comments, but that was always going to happen.
Doesn't matter that he only played 20 games for us, he played the length of his contract and has every right to progress himself to the next step. Its his career and its his right to be ambitious.
Staying at Charlton and giving back "loyalty" is absolute nonsense. He is way too good for our level (bottom half/relegation threatened in the Championship), and is playing catch up already with a lot of young prospects in the Premier League who have already played in the England side - some of which have just played in a World Cup.
Its all well and good some idiots saying "he isn't good enough" and "he will rot in reserves" - how on earth do you know? Diego is a confident lad and will rate his chances, as he should.
If he ends up at another Championship club I'll be disappointed, but I can't see that being the case.
Good luck Diego, an absolute pleasure watching you play and I will be rooting for you.
The 'will he?' 'won't he?' saga is over! Would have been great to have had him for at least one more season. Good luck to him. I'm getting used to our best assets going :-(
Don't need players who don't want to be here. Wish him all the best in his upcoming reserve season. Complete waste of talent. Used us to sell himself on.
You don't know where he's gone yet!!!!!!
I understand people are wearing their Charlton hats and are annoyed, but take a step back and actually think about it. Its the kids job. He wants to, and can, play at a better level.
Was pretty obvious we were going to see the loyalty, rot in reserves comments. Shame. He is a kid with a massive talent. He could break his leg tomorrow. He will now get security for the rest of his life and train amongst the best.
Good luck Diego. I would have done the same.
Hmmm,he could quite easily have done what Shelvey and Jenkinson did though. Sign a new contract so the club that nurtured them,brought them through and gave them their chance get a decent fee for all the time and money they invested. The Prem teams get enough without picking up real talent for next to nothing. He could've signed and if they really wanted him,they would've paid,everyone's happy. May seem very black and white but if Jenks and JJ could do it then pretty sure Poyet could've done. All about the £££.
Nothing like a bit of loyalty is there. One more season wouldn't have hurt him at all, and would have guarenteed him a game each week. It would have also given the club who has taken him through youth and developed him into the player he is today the chance to get a decent fee for him, rather than a "compensation package"
I hope he gets a Premiership team and rots in their reserves
Unbelievable.
As much as I am hugely disappointed to see him go, it is patently obvious that he is too good for us. It may be that he has made a bad decision in the long term and ends up sitting on the bench somwhere, but for a Charlton fan to actively hope that is horrible.
All the best Diego. I'm just sad I never got to see you play.
Richard Cawley @RichCawleySLP · 3m "Diego appreciates that. He has been there long time. Other teams have shown interest - home and abroad. We need to work out best solution."
Am I right in assuming if he goes abroad we get no development fee?
On the pitch I don’t think it’s that big a loss, Cousins is similar and this will aid his development in the middle rather than on the right. The blow for me is that we’ll receive a pittance after we’ve invested years in him. One more token contract would have helped out all parties.
Despite being anti-RD I’m not going to blame the regime either, things can’t be that bad behind the scenes if Morrison’s stayed and we do have money available so Poyet must have had a reasonable offer. It’s one of those things we’ll have to unfortunately accept and move on from.
Hmmm,he could quite easily have done what Shelvey and Jenkinson did though. Sign a new contract so the club that nurtured them,brought them through and gave them their chance get a decent fee for all the time and money they invested. The Prem teams get enough without picking up real talent for next to nothing. He could've signed and if they really wanted him,they would've paid,everyone's happy. May seem very black and white but if Jenks and JJ could do it then pretty sure Poyet could've done. All about the £££.
He could have done but it is pretty rare for a youngster who has signed a pro contract to be in this situation where on a free he can choose pretty much any team he wants whereas he is limited by signing a contract as certain teams may not want to pay the fee. They may be interested but Shelvey and Jenkinson were wanted by probably two of the best teams any youngster could be signed by.
In my opinion the young lad has been misguided here. 19 years old with half a season's experience, earning more than average lad of his age. His old man is well off, so we can forget about the money side of things. It's not like he needs to get them off the council estate.
Personally he should have signed a 2 year deal with us, got 80/100 more games/experience under his belt and then if continued his form, the money and football side of things would have looked after themselves.
Now I fear he will join a premier league side, be on excellent money, but will play a dozen games maximum over the next couple of seasons.
His Career will go two ways from here , Either straight into a Top league. , break into the first team and become a success , or He'll rot away on the Bench before being loaned out to various championship clubs , Am I disappointed he's left , Yes , of course. But honestly , give me the choice between Morrison ( A player who has stated he loves the club) or Diego , Someone who didn't want to be here , it's Morrison everytime. So Diego I wish you every success , but if that fails at least you can fall back on Daddies Money...
Of course I'm disappointed that he's not staying. He was an important part of the team and a real talent we will find hard to replace.
I had expected him to go but the longer it went on without him signing elsewhere the more chance I thought we might have, slim though it always was.
I'm not going to slag him off as greedy or lacking in loyalty as I think those comments smack of sour grapes.
Will wish him good luck in his career and I hope he makes the right choice of club and manager to move to. A big decision for him and his advisors to make.
I am pleased that the Club made the statement on the OS (I didn't say it) first and didn't wait for him to be paraded elsewhere. Glad there are being as pro-active and open as they can be in this type of situation. Just tell the fans what you can as soon as you can.
As one door closes another opens. If we offered him large amounts of wonga all the dosh has now become available to spend as wages or fees on someone else.
Very disappointed, only so much the club can do. Not going to lie, i feel Diego has let us down a little bit. The club spends years nurturing him from a young age, gives him his debut and offers him a better contract, only for Diego to turn it down. Big loss.
I hope his new club sends him back to us on a season long loan. That would be a good move for all concerned IMHO.
Dont think so, The amount of people who have said things on here about his loyalty I would be worried if he came back on loan at the reception he received
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Football is a short career, and although paid well, you can't always knock a player for wanting to better himself.
Diego didn't sulk, he worked his bollocks off when playing, he didn't hand in requests or anything like that. He played out his contract and doesn't want to renew. Nothing really wrong with that.
Gutted as he was the best prospect I have seen in a long time but we move on
Spoke to Diego Poyet's agent earlier this week and he said #cafc were "making a big push to keep him".
"Diego appreciates that. He has been there long time. Other teams have shown interest - home and abroad. We need to work out best solution."
Doesn't matter that he only played 20 games for us, he played the length of his contract and has every right to progress himself to the next step. Its his career and its his right to be ambitious.
Staying at Charlton and giving back "loyalty" is absolute nonsense. He is way too good for our level (bottom half/relegation threatened in the Championship), and is playing catch up already with a lot of young prospects in the Premier League who have already played in the England side - some of which have just played in a World Cup.
Its all well and good some idiots saying "he isn't good enough" and "he will rot in reserves" - how on earth do you know? Diego is a confident lad and will rate his chances, as he should.
If he ends up at another Championship club I'll be disappointed, but I can't see that being the case.
Good luck Diego, an absolute pleasure watching you play and I will be rooting for you.
Would have been great to have had him for at least one more season.
Good luck to him. I'm getting used to our best assets going :-(
I understand people are wearing their Charlton hats and are annoyed, but take a step back and actually think about it. Its the kids job. He wants to, and can, play at a better level.
Good luck to him.
Although I don't agree with his decision and believe it sums up the greed in the modern game, I accept it, we move on.
Very disappointing. But if he genuinely wanted to stay he'd have signed a contract months ago
As much as I am hugely disappointed to see him go, it is patently obvious that he is too good for us. It may be that he has made a bad decision in the long term and ends up sitting on the bench somwhere, but for a Charlton fan to actively hope that is horrible.
All the best Diego. I'm just sad I never got to see you play.
Am I right in assuming if he goes abroad we get no development fee?
Despite being anti-RD I’m not going to blame the regime either, things can’t be that bad behind the scenes if Morrison’s stayed and we do have money available so Poyet must have had a reasonable offer. It’s one of those things we’ll have to unfortunately accept and move on from.
Personally he should have signed a 2 year deal with us, got 80/100 more games/experience under his belt and then if continued his form, the money and football side of things would have looked after themselves.
Now I fear he will join a premier league side, be on excellent money, but will play a dozen games maximum over the next couple of seasons.
I had expected him to go but the longer it went on without him signing elsewhere the more chance I thought we might have, slim though it always was.
I'm not going to slag him off as greedy or lacking in loyalty as I think those comments smack of sour grapes.
Will wish him good luck in his career and I hope he makes the right choice of club and manager to move to. A big decision for him and his advisors to make.
I am pleased that the Club made the statement on the OS (I didn't say it) first and didn't wait for him to be paraded elsewhere. Glad there are being as pro-active and open as they can be in this type of situation. Just tell the fans what you can as soon as you can.
As one door closes another opens. If we offered him large amounts of wonga all the dosh has now become available to spend as wages or fees on someone else.
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