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Deadline Day from Pg.641 - Summer 2025 Charlton Athletic Transfer Rumours
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A very warm welcome mate. Whether or not the Knibbs deal actually comes off, you’ve played an absolute blinder here lad. Instant entry into the ITK hall of fame level stuff 👏Goddenole said:
I have not posted on here in the past and posted the info I had on the other forum because I knew how skeptical everyone would be. Kelman done, the Japanese player I was told about has now been cooled but Knibbs is still being worked on.Laddick01 said:I’d like to personally apologise to Linfieldos and the guy who leaked this on the other forum. I was wrong to doubt you.They have been added to the ITK list.Also had Joe Bennett in for a look in training this past week. Not sure if his name turns up as a trialists today but was at SL for a couple of days.7 -
The geezer who said Kelman is slow yesterday only has to look at the 5 min clip on our YouTube from the end of the Orient game. He beats Ramsay in a one on one to the ball after it’s played over the top. If that’s your idea of slow….10
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Thanks for sharing @Goddenole. Will look forward to your posts in the future!
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NJ even said last January window, there were funds available to buy new players - but that he'd rather save that and add to the summer window budget.AndyG said:
I’m not surprised re the money being spent our owners have a lot of financial clout and when they came here they wasn’t buying a league one club. I think promotion came a year early and surprised everyone but once achieved they were always going to provide a budget to keep improving. Whether our signings prove to be enough to keep the momentum going who knows but that isn’t the ownerships job. They have done what they can the rest is up to NJ, the squad and us as fansBraziliance said:
Kelman - 3 millionMarcusH26 said:Conservative estimate not knowing exact fees this would make it £8m spent? Assuming the QPR fans are right with £3m.
Tanto - 1.5 m
Kaminski - 900k
JRC - 750k
Burke - 300k
Apter - 2.5 m
Around* 9 million spent on transfer fees so far, if rumoured prices are to be believed.
It's ridiculous and I don't think anyone saw it coming tbh. It goes beyond what Pompey and Oxford spent now I think, and it's almost as much as Derby, except Derby sold Cashin for a big fee. We are certainly giving ourselves a fighting chance.
So either we are doing the same as Derby and selling an asset to cover for all this, or, the owners have decided they hated league 1 as much as us, don't want to chance us seeing it again and are taking a bit of a financial gamble.5 -
If they came into this with a realistic plan then they would have expected to have to cover the net shortfall for running the club anyway for at least the first 2 seasons (then decide whether to carry on or sell up). Promotion at the first attempt was a massive bonus and an opportunity they really shouldn’t pass up on.Scoham said:
The increase might cover the fees, but there will also be a significant increase in the wage bill from signings, likely promotion wage increases for current players and a few new contracts too.letthegoodtimesroll said:
It’s most likely from the extra TV and gate money the club is/will get from moving from L1 to the Championship being channeled to strengthening the squad. Given Nathan delivered last season and the owners will have seen and experienced the claims about the potential the club has weren’t bullshit they’ve decided to back him. It wouldn’t surprise me if one or two had spoken to Bowyer at Wembley and heard, or read comments from fans, that his promotion season was wasted for want of a bit more backing in the transfer market. They will also see the results of their fellow countrymen backing Birmingham and Wrexham in the transfer market and now that if you go all in it can pay off.Scoham said:Do enjoy seeing these kind of comments. So many expect us to spend nothing and go back to L1.
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I don't understand, Charlie left two months ago.Bedsaddick said:I won't believe Kelman is signing until i see the pen in hands. The thing that worries me is that Reams is somehow involved in the rumour and I've given up on how many times he has got things wrong.2 -
Go on Charlton, go and pinch Christian Eriksen off of Wrexham too.
Sorry, just woken up.8 -
Thanks Matty!Goddenole said:
I have not posted on here in the past and posted the info I had on the other forum because I knew how skeptical everyone would be. Kelman done, the Japanese player I was told about has now been cooled but Knibbs is still being worked on.Laddick01 said:I’d like to personally apologise to Linfieldos and the guy who leaked this on the other forum. I was wrong to doubt you.They have been added to the ITK list.Also had Joe Bennett in for a look in training this past week. Not sure if his name turns up as a trialists today but was at SL for a couple of days.2 -
He's also saying on the other forum we are in the race with Portsmouth for knibbs and have offered more money for him but slightly lower wages but not far off.9
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Just wow!Scoham said:https://x.com/efl/status/1084764553819377664?s=46&t=A-w3Eq0EWWpjMxring904QSaw this quoted on X, I remember seeing it at the time - Kelman scoring from his own half for Southend as a 17 year old.
That's some tekkers and self-belief to score from that distance.2 - Sponsored links:
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Has Charlton Life just signed an ITK from another forum?Goddenole said:
I have not posted on here in the past and posted the info I had on the other forum because I knew how skeptical everyone would be. Kelman done, the Japanese player I was told about has now been cooled but Knibbs is still being worked on.Laddick01 said:I’d like to personally apologise to Linfieldos and the guy who leaked this on the other forum. I was wrong to doubt you.They have been added to the ITK list.Also had Joe Bennett in for a look in training this past week. Not sure if his name turns up as a trialists today but was at SL for a couple of days.
Contract run out or did our mods (finally) put their hand in their pocket.Remains to be seen how he’ll play with our own ITKs.21 -
I’m not especially shocked by the spending. It is, undoubtedly, a big step change from what we’ve become used to, but it’s still relatively modest by Championship standards and a reflection of the gap between our squad and a competitive Championship level squad. It’s probably a bit more in terms of fees than I thought but voices from inside the club, including NJ, did say we’d be giving it a go so I certainly wasn’t expecting a Roland style ambitionless skimp and save type window either. It’s not like we’ve been going out and paying the kinds of fees and wages required to get other Championship teams’ best players. If you want a solid championship player then a million plus is not exorbitant.
The signings we’ve made are picking up some if the better ones from the division below or ones out of favour in the Championship and with a bit of a point to prove. That’s a bit of perspective to keep in mind and, even with what we’ve been doing in the transfer market, important to remember that just staying up will be a great achievement. However, what I really like and am encouraged by is these have been exactly the sort of signings that Curbs used to make and were the foundation of a very successful decade or so for us.
I’m tempering my excitement a little, but it’s been a hugely encouraging summer so far.16 -
Jury's out for me on Kelman. It took him a good few seasons to find any kind of goalscoring form in League One including looking pretty powder puff up front while on loan at Gillingham. Who's to say the same won't happen in the Championship?2
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ElfsborgAddick said:
I don't understand, Charlie left two months ago.Bedsaddick said:I won't believe Kelman is signing until i see the pen in hands. The thing that worries me is that Reams is somehow involved in the rumour and I've given up on how many times he has got things wrong.0 -
He's 23...... did you expect him to be scoring a hatful of goals in the Championship as a infrequently used teenager?West2003 said:Jury's out for me on Kelman. It took him a good few seasons to find any kind of goalscoring form in League One including looking pretty powder puff up front while on loan at Gillingham. Who's to say the same won't happen in the Championship?6 -
I think then it’s important that we don’t all get on his back if he doesn’t hit the ground running. I’d imagine he’ll start the season as a ‘finisher’ with Leaburn after Oloafe, Campbell and Apter have run the defenders into the ground.West2003 said:Jury's out for me on Kelman. It took him a good few seasons to find any kind of goalscoring form in League One including looking pretty powder puff up front while on loan at Gillingham. Who's to say the same won't happen in the Championship?
Such an exciting signing and Charlton now thinking about succession planning is something I never thought I’d see again!3 -
Jury is out is obvious for all signings - some will work out, some won’t. He will be reliant on service and will need a partner - it’s up to Jones to find the right blend . Nonetheless , we’re doing a lot more in the market than anyone expected .West2003 said:Jury's out for me on Kelman. It took him a good few seasons to find any kind of goalscoring form in League One including looking pretty powder puff up front while on loan at Gillingham. Who's to say the same won't happen in the Championship?3 -
Safe to say, I am a bit excited about the Charlie Kelman talk
https://x.com/BigBadBraz/status/1949087142489034763?t=vyz7ipHnsJOx7TI-kNds_w&s=194 -
There's always a risk with any striker from a lower league but for me as a striker you're only as good as your last season. The number of times people on here have suggested over the years a striker who used to do it at League One but hadn't done for 2+ years you'd see the comments like "if they can get back to top form" etc the trouble is usually strikers once they start going downhill they don't often come back to form.West2003 said:Jury's out for me on Kelman. It took him a good few seasons to find any kind of goalscoring form in League One including looking pretty powder puff up front while on loan at Gillingham. Who's to say the same won't happen in the Championship?
Always better to have a striker on the up who scored plenty last season than someone with a reputation who was prolific but for one reason or another hasn't done it for 12-18 months or so.2 -
What he saidExiled_Addick said:I’m not especially shocked by the spending. It is, undoubtedly, a big step change from what we’ve become used to, but it’s still relatively modest by Championship standards and a reflection of the gap between our squad and a competitive Championship level squad. It’s probably a bit more in terms of fees than I thought but voices from inside the club, including NJ, did say we’d be giving it a go so I certainly wasn’t expecting a Roland style ambitionless skimp and save type window either. It’s not like we’ve been going out and paying the kinds of fees and wages required to get other Championship teams’ best players. If you want a solid championship player then a million plus is not exorbitant.
The signings we’ve made are picking up some if the better ones from the division below or ones out of favour in the Championship and with a bit of a point to prove. That’s a bit of perspective to keep the keep in mind and, even with what we’ve been going in the transfer market, important to remember that just staying up will be a great achievement. However, what I really like and am encouraged by is these have been exactly the sort of signings that Curbs used to make and were the found of a very successful decade or so for us.
Im tempering my excitement a little, but its been a hugely encouraging summer so far.1 - Sponsored links:
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2nd attempt.letthegoodtimesroll said:
If they came into this with a realistic plan then they would have expected to have to cover the net shortfall for running the club anyway for at least the first 2 seasons (then decide whether to carry on or sell up). Promotion at the first attempt was a massive bonus and an opportunity they really shouldn’t pass up on.Scoham said:
The increase might cover the fees, but there will also be a significant increase in the wage bill from signings, likely promotion wage increases for current players and a few new contracts too.letthegoodtimesroll said:
It’s most likely from the extra TV and gate money the club is/will get from moving from L1 to the Championship being channeled to strengthening the squad. Given Nathan delivered last season and the owners will have seen and experienced the claims about the potential the club has weren’t bullshit they’ve decided to back him. It wouldn’t surprise me if one or two had spoken to Bowyer at Wembley and heard, or read comments from fans, that his promotion season was wasted for want of a bit more backing in the transfer market. They will also see the results of their fellow countrymen backing Birmingham and Wrexham in the transfer market and now that if you go all in it can pay off.Scoham said:Do enjoy seeing these kind of comments. So many expect us to spend nothing and go back to L1.
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Is it Harvey Knibbs we're rumoured to be in for?0
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Top scorer in L1 but I don't really know anything else about Kelman. Still excited. Well done the owners for supporting Jones.
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It's been an interesting window, signing players with experience or potential.
But like Curbs and Chris Powell before him, NJ is all about signing players with the right character to fit in with his team ethos.
Remember, "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts"3 -
RC confirms Joe Bennett is on trial and with the squad today.
https://x.com/richscawley/status/1949089789828870242?s=46&t=A-w3Eq0EWWpjMxring904Q
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Players improve, I doubt his form will drop off to the level he was at while at Gillingham.West2003 said:Jury's out for me on Kelman. It took him a good few seasons to find any kind of goalscoring form in League One including looking pretty powder puff up front while on loan at Gillingham. Who's to say the same won't happen in the Championship?
The alternatives would all be gambles too.
A young PL striker on loan has even less experience and their clubs expect game time.
Proven Championship players are too expensive.
Older strikers could be on the way down, still demand big wages and a key part of our game is high energy, a lot of pressing and winning second balls.
Strikers from abroad might take time to settle or not settle at all.
Kelman is about as good as we could get in terms of being proven in the league below. Kone was attracting even bigger offers than the rumoured £3m or so we’re paying for Kelman.
I’m excited about this one even though there’s no guarantee he makes the step up. I think it’s worth the risk. One more season like last year and he’d be getting bigger offers above our budget.4 -
No Ramsey in the Cambridge squad…0
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West2003 said:Jury's out for me on Kelman. It took him a good few seasons to find any kind of goalscoring form in League One including looking pretty powder puff up front while on loan at Gillingham. Who's to say the same won't happen in the Championship?
I think he'll likely at least take a year to get ready at this level if he reaches his full potential, but still seems the perfect signing to make now whilst we have Godden at a level and can bed him in. We aren't going to be able to sign a sure thing at this level.0 -
That’s worryingSheepie1985 said:No Ramsey in the Cambridge squad…2
