Remember when Richard Murray announced that 'strategic partnership' with Liverpool after we sold them Shelvey.
Yes well it took a while but we managed to gift them Joe Gomez
Don’t forget they loaned us Nathan Eccleston - what a signing he was......... since ending his loan with us 9 years ago he has kicked on and scored 6 goals. He was born in Liverpool(actually it was Manchester) but he was made in Charlton.
Remember when Richard Murray announced that 'strategic partnership' with Liverpool after we sold them Shelvey.
Yes well it took a while but we managed to gift them Joe Gomez
Don’t forget they loaned us Nathan Eccleston - what a signing he was......... since ending his loan with us 9 years ago he has kicked on and scored 6 goals. He was born in Liverpool(actually it was Manchester) but he was made in Charlton.
I can't find the original article on the the OS, but I seem to remember Murray saying how he knew fans would think this was just another 'partnership' announced to make us feel better, but that this was actually going to be the real deal and a long term partnership that would bring us the best of Liverpool's youth.
And like you say, we got Nathan Ecclestone, and that was it.
Remember when Richard Murray announced that 'strategic partnership' with Liverpool after we sold them Shelvey.
Yes well it took a while but we managed to gift them Joe Gomez
Don’t forget they loaned us Nathan Eccleston - what a signing he was......... since ending his loan with us 9 years ago he has kicked on and scored 6 goals. He was born in Liverpool(actually it was Manchester) but he was made in Charlton.
I can't find the original article on the the OS, but I seem to remember Murray saying how he knew fans would think this was just another 'partnership' announced to make us feel better, but that this was actually going to be the real deal and a long term partnership that would bring us the best of Liverpool's youth.
And like you say, we got Nathan Ecclestone, and that was it.
Didn't we also have a link with a club in Ghana? Hearts of Oak or something like that, never amounted to much either.
Asec Mimosas From the Ivory Coast. But funnily enough they striped us up for money money And reneged on everything we had agreed
I remember that, and can remember a couple of the players' names too, there was a Beko Fofana, Serge Deble and Bakary Soro, and a couple of others. We also had some form of partnership with Ajax Cape Town and Valencia too, of which nothing came of them
Didn't we also have a link with a club in Ghana? Hearts of Oak or something like that, never amounted to much either.
Asec Mimosas From the Ivory Coast. But funnily enough they striped us up for money money And reneged on everything we had agreed
I remember that, and can remember a couple of the players' names too, there was a Beko Fofana, Serge Deble and Bakary Soro, and a couple of others. We also had some form of partnership with Ajax Cape Town and Valencia too, of which nothing came of them
Cyrian Gohi Bi. Remember him because he was decent on Fifa. Ended up with Roland at Liège and an unsuccessful loan with Fulham a few years ago. Not had a bad career
Varney linked us up with a Belgian club well before Roland had even heard of us.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/4464294.stm Charlton plan to send fringe players to gain experience in Belgium after signing an agreement with Belgian cup holders Germinal Beerschot.The London club already have similar links with New Zealand Knights, MyPa 47 in Finland and China's Shanghai Zobon."This link forms a very important part of our overseas strategy," said Charlton chief executive Peter Varney."The Belgian league is ideal for players not quite ready for the challenge of Premiership."
When a certain member of this parish arranges a pre season piss up tour to Antwerp to watch the mighty Addicks destroy their new found 'partners' and the Belgian gits move the game forward by 24 hours so you turn up to an empty stadium.
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And like you say, we got Nathan Ecclestone, and that was it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/4464294.stm
Charlton plan to send fringe players to gain experience in Belgium after signing an agreement with Belgian cup holders Germinal Beerschot.The London club already have similar links with New Zealand Knights, MyPa 47 in Finland and China's Shanghai Zobon."This link forms a very important part of our overseas strategy," said Charlton chief executive Peter Varney."The Belgian league is ideal for players not quite ready for the challenge of Premiership."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/6431855.stm
Looking at their wiki page, Beerschot produced some great players
The youth academy of Beerschot produced the likes of Thomas Vermaelen, Mousa Dembélé, Radja Nainggolan, Jan Vertonghen, and Toby Alderweireld.
When a certain member of this parish arranges a pre season piss up tour to Antwerp to watch the mighty Addicks destroy their new found 'partners' and the Belgian gits move the game forward by 24 hours so you turn up to an empty stadium.