Charlton / L1 - January 2019 Transfer Rumours (ed, deadline day starts p98)
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Huddersfield still to play Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Everton, Spurs amongst others this season. Uhmm, tough choice.Redrobo said:I can understand chasing the £, but being happy in your work, being close to family life and friends is much more important.
The same applies to football players.
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Feel confident Karlan won’t be going straight into the team. So it’s a mute point although I could be wrong.LargeAddick said:
Huddersfield still to play Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Everton, Spurs amongst others this season. Uhmm, tough choice.Redrobo said:I can understand chasing the £, but being happy in your work, being close to family life and friends is much more important.
The same applies to football players.
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Both statements valid. Hudds opened discussions with KG's agent, not CAFC. Agent has made CAFC aware of the interest from two clubs, one north and the other in a country further north.ForeverAddickted said:Who has the better source though?
Cawley who is usually spot on with his Charlton news and will have spoken with Lee Bowyer today
Or Sky Sports who run plenty of transfer stories that dont happen
KG hasn't spoken with anyone apart from his agent. CAFC same.
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He'll get the chance to watch some top teams from the stands thenLargeAddick said:
Huddersfield still to play Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Everton, Spurs amongst others this season. Uhmm, tough choice.Redrobo said:I can understand chasing the £, but being happy in your work, being close to family life and friends is much more important.
The same applies to football players.2 -
More chance if finding Shergar and Lord Lucan than Huddersfield staying up, and that's no disrespect to the 'Terriers'. They like Cardiff and, to a lesser extent, Fulham are prime examples of decent, well run clubs that just can't compete with the teams in the top tier.LargeAddick said:
Huddersfield still to play Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Everton, Spurs amongst others this season. Uhmm, tough choice.Redrobo said:I can understand chasing the £, but being happy in your work, being close to family life and friends is much more important.
The same applies to football players.
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yeah, will be kept out by their first choice strikers who are on fire right now.ShootersHillGuru said:
Feel confident Karlan won’t be going straight into the team. So it’s a mute point although I could be wrong.LargeAddick said:
Huddersfield still to play Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Everton, Spurs amongst others this season. Uhmm, tough choice.Redrobo said:I can understand chasing the £, but being happy in your work, being close to family life and friends is much more important.
The same applies to football players.
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To be fair to the Huddersfield owner though he doesnt seem the sort to care about keeping them up at all costs ... A bit like Richard Murray in the 98/99 season he knows they'll probably go down yet will still try and keep them up yet at the same time build a Championship side that can challenge for an instant return to the top flightaddick05 said:
More chance if finding Shergar and Lord Lucan than Huddersfield staying up, and that's no disrespect to the 'Terriers'. They like Cardiff and, to a lesser extent, Fulham are prime examples of decent, well run clubs that just can't compete with the teams in the top tier.LargeAddick said:
Huddersfield still to play Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Everton, Spurs amongst others this season. Uhmm, tough choice.Redrobo said:I can understand chasing the £, but being happy in your work, being close to family life and friends is much more important.
The same applies to football players.1 -
Before the start of this campaign if anyone had said that Karlan would have been first choice striker and score 14 goals by mid January I think we would have taken it with a pinch of salt. Don’t get me wrong he’s Done brilliantly but 20 odd games in league one is one thing. Stepping up into the Premier League, getting into the team and proving effective is quite another. It’s possible but highly unlikely in my view.LargeAddick said:
yeah, will be kept out by their first choice strikers who are on fire right now.ShootersHillGuru said:
Feel confident Karlan won’t be going straight into the team. So it’s a mute point although I could be wrong.LargeAddick said:
Huddersfield still to play Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Everton, Spurs amongst others this season. Uhmm, tough choice.Redrobo said:I can understand chasing the £, but being happy in your work, being close to family life and friends is much more important.
The same applies to football players.
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Not such a strange move by Udders if you cast your minds back to Nakki Wells (formerly lower league Bradford) since moved on, a similar type of player to Grant, with youth on his side.2
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Genuinely wouldn't be the be the end of the world if we sold and the money was invested. That money could probably get us Eaves, Hamilton and any other inform lower league player.
As usual though player will be sold and we won't see a penny reinvested.
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We are negotiating with Grant.The Red Robin said:
Maybe offer Grant a new deal?Covered End said:
I agree, but he may change now because his best chance of selling the club at the price he wants is if we get promotion.The Red Robin said:Ducahtelet does not care about on pitch performance so he will sell players, regardless of league position, money will always come first. He's been like that for five years, why would he change now?
He can sell Grant for £2M now or hold on and hope we get promoted, which will increase the value of the club by more than £2M.
There is of course the sell him now option and loan him back to the end of the season.
Huddersfield would be mad if they thought Grant could keep them up.
I'm not certain Messi could keep them up.
Grant is perhaps the sort of player who wouldn't excel in the freezing north, so I would think Brentford might be more his choice.
Let's face it they will both be in The Championship next season and would he prefer London or Huddersfield ?
Money though may well be the deciding factor.2 -
I think Smyth is Ajose's replacement, which is why we are waiting.RedChaser said:
Smyth of QPR being up as his replacement, no?stoneroses19 said:
I think more likely Roland will pocket the full transfer fee and Bowyer won't even be allowed a loan signing to replace Grant.blackpool72 said:2 million does sound rather a lot for a player out of contract in the summer.
If it happens I wonder if Roland would allow Bowyer to spend 1 million on Eaves.
Probably not but if he did I'd be ok with it.
If Grant goes then we will want someone better and it may have to be a loan.
So we need to wait as we only have one loan choice.0 -
I am sure that our CEO and CFO are pulling out all the stops to make sure our out of contract players will all sign new contracts soon.
Oh hang on.10 -
Newsshopper just posted an article, said bowyers had no instructions from above to sell him but it is their call at the end of day. And he did say he hopes and is confident he will be here come feb 1st, but if his head is turned nothing can be done.3
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I never suggested that.ShootersHillGuru said:
Before the start of this campaign if anyone had said that Karlan would have been first choice striker and score 14 goals by mid January I think we would have taken it with a pinch of salt. Don’t get me wrong he’s Done brilliantly but 20 odd games in league one is one thing. Stepping up into the Premier League, getting into the team and proving effective is quite another. It’s possible but highly unlikely in my view.LargeAddick said:
yeah, will be kept out by their first choice strikers who are on fire right now.ShootersHillGuru said:
Feel confident Karlan won’t be going straight into the team. So it’s a mute point although I could be wrong.LargeAddick said:
Huddersfield still to play Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Everton, Spurs amongst others this season. Uhmm, tough choice.Redrobo said:I can understand chasing the £, but being happy in your work, being close to family life and friends is much more important.
The same applies to football players.
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The thing that doesn’t ring true with me is that their new coach would have no idea who Karlan is and in any case will probably have his own targets in mind. He’s more likely to head to Brentford than Huddersfield, IMORedChaser said:2 -
Grant misses many of the chances laid on a plate.Leuth said:
To be fair, a lot of those goals were laid on a plate for him by the good players around him. He's fast and gets into good positions but £2m for a player with no first touch wouldn't be the worst deal. I do hope he stays thoughcafc_se7 said:I’m not being funny but all this talk of replacing Grant? He has scored 14 league goals? How can you replace that?
IMO his biggest strength is driving at defenders and shooting on the run.
He finds space and layoffs from Taylor's movement and guile.
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Not wishing ill health on any of our players but it wouldn't be the worst thing if Karlan got a niggle on his knee/foot/butt in the 94th minute on Saturday. Just enough so that it needs a scan which could be done by the club on...say...next Friday only for it to turn out to be nothing more than bruising.1
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Think it's more likely that he will get it in training before the weekend and will then be OK before the end of next week...Bolderhumphreyreid said:Not wishing ill health on any of our players but it wouldn't be the worst thing if Karlan got a niggle on his knee/foot/butt in the 94th minute on Saturday. Just enough so that it needs a scan which could be done by the club on...say...next Friday only for it to turn out to be nothing more than bruising.
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I'm not sure Bowyer had heard of Purrington. Gallen does the scouting._MrDick said:
The thing that doesn’t ring true with me is that their new coach would have no idea who Karlan is and in any case will probably have his own targets in mind. He’s more likely to head to Brentford than Huddersfield, IMORedChaser said:
He'd certainly never seen him play because he said so.1 - Sponsored links:
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Do we know if the squad were training yesterday morning?
Saw who at the time I was pretty sure was Grant, with someone else in his car, turning into Floyd Road around 11 - 11.30am.
Didn't think too much of it at the time, but now it might seem a bit more relevant.1 -
A progressive club would be saying to Karlan we’ll give you an improved contract now and a much improved contract should we get promoted. Should we fail to win promotion then we will listen to offers in the summer and won’t stand in your way. At least this would offer a slim hope of him staying put.
The thing is although we are talking with a Karlan we won’t be offering a deal that makes it easy for him to decide to stay. We’ll offer something far less than what he can get at Brentford and much much less than a Hudds. If the stories are true and there is genuine interest then he would be a mug to stay put.0 -
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It was posted above that Grant was at Sparrows Lane training as normal this morning.AllLeftFoot said:Do we know if the squad were training yesterday morning?
Saw who at the time I was pretty sure was Grant, with someone else in his car, turning into Floyd Road around 11 - 11.30am.
Didn't think too much of it at the time, but now it might seem a bit more relevant.
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Knowing our medical history, the minor medical niggle will turn into a 9 month absence!Bolderhumphreyreid said:Not wishing ill health on any of our players but it wouldn't be the worst thing if Karlan got a niggle on his knee/foot/butt in the 94th minute on Saturday. Just enough so that it needs a scan which could be done by the club on...say...next Friday only for it to turn out to be nothing more than bruising.
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My gut feeling, this prospective transfer for Grant has come all too soon for him.ShootersHillGuru said:A progressive club would be saying to Karlan we’ll give you an improved contract now and a much improved contract should we get promoted. Should we fail to win promotion then we will listen to offers in the summer and won’t stand in your way. At least this would offer a slim hope of him staying put.
The thing is although we are talking with a Karlan we won’t be offering a deal that makes it easy for him to decide to stay. We’ll offer something far less than what he can get at Brentford and much much less than a Hudds. If the stories are true and there is genuine interest then he would be a mug to stay put.
This season the promotion push, playing alongside Taylor and the team spirit driven by Bows & Jacko ..... has given Grant the perfect platform to naturally progress his game.
It's a difficult one for Grant, because before all this transfer talk, he must have been looking forward to the prospect of a promotion medal and 20+ goals this season.
After retirement, that's the stuff a footballer's memories are made of.
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After retirement will he be sitting in a terrace house in Chatham or a mansion deep in the Kent country with his memories ?Oggy Red said:
My gut feeling, this prospective transfer for Grant has come all too soon for him.ShootersHillGuru said:A progressive club would be saying to Karlan we’ll give you an improved contract now and a much improved contract should we get promoted. Should we fail to win promotion then we will listen to offers in the summer and won’t stand in your way. At least this would offer a slim hope of him staying put.
The thing is although we are talking with a Karlan we won’t be offering a deal that makes it easy for him to decide to stay. We’ll offer something far less than what he can get at Brentford and much much less than a Hudds. If the stories are true and there is genuine interest then he would be a mug to stay put.
This season the promotion push, playing alongside Taylor and the team spirit driven by Bows & Jacko ..... has given Grant the perfect platform to naturally progress his game.
It's a difficult one for Grant, because before all this transfer talk, he must have been looking forward to the prospect of a promotion medal and 20+ goals this season.
After retirement, that's the stuff a footballer's memories are made of.
Memories are nice. But I suspect to most young men the cash is better.1 -
Sadly you can't buy diddly with memories and a play off final runners up medal.Oggy Red said:
My gut feeling, this prospective transfer for Grant has come all too soon for him.ShootersHillGuru said:A progressive club would be saying to Karlan we’ll give you an improved contract now and a much improved contract should we get promoted. Should we fail to win promotion then we will listen to offers in the summer and won’t stand in your way. At least this would offer a slim hope of him staying put.
The thing is although we are talking with a Karlan we won’t be offering a deal that makes it easy for him to decide to stay. We’ll offer something far less than what he can get at Brentford and much much less than a Hudds. If the stories are true and there is genuine interest then he would be a mug to stay put.
This season the promotion push, playing alongside Taylor and the team spirit driven by Bows & Jacko ..... has given Grant the perfect platform to naturally progress his game.
It's a difficult one for Grant, because before all this transfer talk, he must have been looking forward to the prospect of a promotion medal and 20+ goals this season.
After retirement, that's the stuff a footballer's memories are made of.
I really hope Grant stays but if an offer comes in, I'm pretty sure he'll be off!2 -
Maybe.
But my main point is that Grant has the perfect platform and support this season to progress his own confidence as a goalscorer.
It was always lacking before.
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