Incredibly, less than a month since play-off final win, Lee Bowyer is on the brink of walking away from Charlton.
Roland Duchâtelet not willing to offer anywhere near what the #cafc manager is asking for and believes he can replace him with an internal candidate.
How is it near when the owner is asking for too much money? It will only be near when he asks a realistic price. I think it is time for some more action against the prick if he doesn't sign Bowyer up!
Agree. Roland has had an easy ride for a long time now because of the success on the pitch. It's time for us to pile the pressure back on and I for one would be up for Unity Protest Part 2 in Belgium.
I think it's got to the point where the only plausible explanation for him acting like such a **** is that he wants to antagonise the fans. If anyone's got another genuinely reason, would love to hear it
I think it's got to the point where the only plausible explanation for him acting like such a **** is that he wants to antagonise the fans. If anyone's got another genuinely reason, would love to hear it
I think it's got to the point where the only plausible explanation for him acting like such a **** is that he wants to antagonise the fans. If anyone's got another genuinely reason, would love to hear it
Incredible. In less than three weeks we've gone from being a laughing stock to being promoted in a blaze of glory, back to being a laughing stock again. The Helmet really just doesn't get football does he? If, as seems probable, Bowyer walks and the protests are renewed (in even more dramatic form perhaps) who is he going to blame this time?
Incredible. In less than three weeks we've gone from being a laughing stock to being promoted in a blaze of glory, back to being a laughing stock again. The Helmet really just doesn't get football does he? If, as seems probable, Bowyer walks and the protests are renewed (in even more dramatic form perhaps) who is he going to blame this time?
He'll always find somebody to blame as long as it isn't him!
I know I said it the other day, but I can't believe a family (don't his son run a football club?) or friend ain't had a word with him. He must must be talking to em about it to the point of annoyance
As professional and successful at negotiating a reasonable contract for Bowyer as he is at negotiating a reasonable sale price for the club......... F.O.R.D.
LB's stunning achievement has rightly improved his idea of self-worth and his market value. This greatly strengthens his negotiating position. So, RD considers himself being held to ransom. He won't - can't - accept that from a mere employee. RD MUST be the one in control because he's the boss and besides, he paid everything.
LB's stunning achievement has rightly improved his idea of self-worth and his market value. This greatly strengthens his negotiating position. So, RD considers himself being held to ransom. He won't - can't - accept that from a mere employee. RD MUST be the one in control because he's the boss and besides, he paid everything.
Football really weren't the right industry to expand into for our Rolly was it
Fuck that yellow tooth, manky horrible little twat!
Havent boycotted and living in Southampton I go with @southamptonaddick as often as we could but that's me done.
Play offs seem a distant memory now. Should have been a platform to build on but the foundations are crumbling beneath us.
Mentions they didnt want to deal with an agent, granted there reputations arent always the best but there job is to get the best deal for there client.
Funny that they'll never disclose information about selling players but are happy to make details such as this public, using the site to spin the situation to their advantage and against LB. Hypocritical lying aresholes.
Charlton Athletic have been unable to reach an agreement with manager Lee Bowyer regarding the extension of his contract.
The fact the club is for sale has not helped with finding an agreement. The current owner needs to take into account that a new owner may want to appoint his own manager. However, this concern did not stop the current owner proposing a contract extension of one year to Lee Bowyer, even though the club may be sold in a few weeks. Under those circumstances a multi-year extension would not be good business practice.
In addition, since the club is still losing money, which is one of the reasons why the club has not been sold yet, the focus on reducing costs means that we are extremely limited on payroll increases.
Lee has been offered a one-year extension to his contract at a level which is approximately three times what he had since his last increase when he became permanent manager in September. It is six times what he earned when he started as assistant manager in 2017 and 50% more than what any Charlton manager previously had (excluding the Premier League years). This reflects the strong desire we have to continue to have Lee as our manager. But Lee wanted much more.
The owner understands Lee’s point of view, because many Championship clubs pay huge amounts (some pay millions of £ per year) to their manager. It is fair that Lee feels he should be paid like many other Championship managers. That the average Championship club makes a loss of around £15 million per year is not something players should care about. The owners are crazy.
This is why we could not come to an agreement. Another element may have influenced as well. Unlike previous contract discussions, Lee wanted an agent to handle it. We reluctantly accepted. However, involving a player agent in a manager’s contract discussion is not healthy. If the agent helps make the manager more money, it may result in the manager to have a more positive attitude towards players proposed by the same agent, a conflict of interest. Obviously, Lee is above such things, but it is nevertheless not a healthy situation.
The club hasn’t started to look for any other manager in the meantime and does not intend to appoint a permanent manager, since the club is going to be sold. A caretaker manager will be announced in due course and in the meantime the other staff members will continue to prepare the upcoming season for which a lot of good work has been performed already.
If Lee does change his mind before his contract expires and chooses to continue his good work at Charlton, he is still welcome to stay.
However our ability to sell the club is the most important thing right now.
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Gari baldi.
Internal doesn’t necessarily mean within the club while Roland still has a network to pull candidates from.
Get ready for an SE7 return for Karel Chips. Or we could get Nobby Vinegar from Ujpest?
I'm pretty sure if he got a good kicking, I wouldn't not smirk at first.
He's clearly trying to end our club...
LB's stunning achievement has rightly improved his idea of self-worth and his market value. This greatly strengthens his negotiating position. So, RD considers himself being held to ransom. He won't - can't - accept that from a mere employee. RD MUST be the one in control because he's the boss and besides, he paid everything.
Fuck that yellow tooth, manky horrible little twat!
Havent boycotted and living in Southampton I go with @southamptonaddick as often as we could but that's me done.
Play offs seem a distant memory now. Should have been a platform to build on but the foundations are crumbling beneath us.
Mentions they didnt want to deal with an agent, granted there reputations arent always the best but there job is to get the best deal for there client.
Seriously fucking dejected.
She wanted to get Dunk from Brighton but the wait made that dissolve. At least she will take the CUP games seriously.
Charlton Athletic have been unable to reach an agreement with manager Lee Bowyer regarding the extension of his contract.
The fact the club is for sale has not helped with finding an agreement. The current owner needs to take into account that a new owner may want to appoint his own manager. However, this concern did not stop the current owner proposing a contract extension of one year to Lee Bowyer, even though the club may be sold in a few weeks. Under those circumstances a multi-year extension would not be good business practice.
In addition, since the club is still losing money, which is one of the reasons why the club has not been sold yet, the focus on reducing costs means that we are extremely limited on payroll increases.
Lee has been offered a one-year extension to his contract at a level which is approximately three times what he had since his last increase when he became permanent manager in September. It is six times what he earned when he started as assistant manager in 2017 and 50% more than what any Charlton manager previously had (excluding the Premier League years). This reflects the strong desire we have to continue to have Lee as our manager. But Lee wanted much more.
The owner understands Lee’s point of view, because many Championship clubs pay huge amounts (some pay millions of £ per year) to their manager. It is fair that Lee feels he should be paid like many other Championship managers. That the average Championship club makes a loss of around £15 million per year is not something players should care about. The owners are crazy.
This is why we could not come to an agreement. Another element may have influenced as well. Unlike previous contract discussions, Lee wanted an agent to handle it. We reluctantly accepted. However, involving a player agent in a manager’s contract discussion is not healthy. If the agent helps make the manager more money, it may result in the manager to have a more positive attitude towards players proposed by the same agent, a conflict of interest. Obviously, Lee is above such things, but it is nevertheless not a healthy situation.
The club hasn’t started to look for any other manager in the meantime and does not intend to appoint a permanent manager, since the club is going to be sold. A caretaker manager will be announced in due course and in the meantime the other staff members will continue to prepare the upcoming season for which a lot of good work has been performed already.
If Lee does change his mind before his contract expires and chooses to continue his good work at Charlton, he is still welcome to stay.
However our ability to sell the club is the most important thing right now.
That old chesnut
Feels worst then when we was relegated from the Prem.
Fuck off Roland