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"My argument is if we sell players it has to go back into the team to go forward," said Robinson. "Otherwise you are devaluing your own team... "Ademola went for more infrastructure reasons. Did I like that as a manager? No... But I think if Ezri Konsa goes, people have to be aware that we have to have an injection to make this team better... "My job is to get the best outcome possible. And we know what our targets are..."
He must have terrific faith that The President has changed his spots, or, to me that interview is KR's request for a P45.
I've no idea what sort of fee EK might command, or how much smaller the fee will be that Charlton's mad old owner will accept but based on 3.5 years of unmitigated fuckwittery there is no chance much of that fee will be reinvested.
Maybe KR's total lack of filter or discretion has just tripped him up. We'd all like to think that any sizable fees incoming would be used to replace the departee and bolster the numbers or quality of the squad (ideally both). But roly's record speaks for itself.
If injuries, suspensions, bad luck or poor form see the results decline, KR's chances of presiding over January's transfer window will be slim enough anyway. Will he be meeting or signing (m)any of ...our targets... we'll see...
I hope I'm proved wrong, but that's the thing with hope...
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The rumour was that there was a £3.5m offer on the table.
It would hardly be a surprise that a third tier club sold a player to a top tier club now or just about any time in Charlton history although I fully realise the difference is that before it was necessity and now it is policy despite having the richest owner in our history.
For me the more interesting point is when KR says "it (the fee for the sold player) has to go back into the team to go forward"
KR is clearly, IMHO, stating that he wants that money to go to him to spend on the team not, as with Loookman, on the training ground.
That may bring him into conflict with the regime.
Let's not pretend RD has any ambition for this club other than if we get there through the cheapest means possible. It's now KM's project with a strict budget. It's hers to come up with utter wank like afternoon tea, play at being a CEO of a football club and if we're lucky get promoted
We aren't set up like a Brighton where they have a wealthy benefactor who also wants success and is a fan. We aren't a villa or a wolves with some Chinese investor who owns a football club because the current premier of their country is into football and it's a political purchase as much as it is business
We will have enough investment as is possible to assemble a decent first XI and sell young players on as and when they materialise. We might go up, we'll probably more than likely stay where we are
That would seem a sensible policy to me.
We all know it and I suspect KR knows it.
That mad old Belgian fucker has shown his hand, he ain't for changing.
The way Robinson is talking, it does sound that a deal is already lined up for Konsa in January.
Obviously, Roland is rubbing his hands together in anticipation of the money, and anyway you can't really stand in the way of a talented ambitious young footballer - but surely publicising all this at this time is very unsettling for the lad and the squad?
And lets face it, everybody already knows that Robinson will be lucky to get any crumbs off the table to replace Konsa, let alone for team strengthening.
Step forward the next kid on the factory production line.
You'd better be good, Moriarty is already counting your transfer fee.
I'm gutted
The key to any sale for Charlton Athletic is that a decent proportion of the money is used to strengthen the team to enable a concerted promotion push. We all know what we need. Certainly Ezri leaving would weaken us in one respect but could strengthen the squad overall if the money is used wisely.
Gone are the days where young talent can be kept by lower league clubs. The PL has far too much money to allow for that. He'll be an educated punt for a PL club.
Sad but true.
Let's see if he is a man of his word if we are in the play offs or better come the next transfer window?
I think we all know what the answer is!
Would rather we kept him. Obviously a lot will depend on the next few weeks while Pearce is out but I think he's an excellent player at this level and playing regularly for us will be better for him than playing in the U23 Premier League.