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BREAKING NEWS - ROLAND AND BOWYER FAIL TO REACH CONTRACT AGREEMENT
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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.Croydon said:Website is down, haven't had a chance to read it. Basic gist anyone?
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'kin hell
What do I tell the kids?
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Did anyone manage to screenshot the original images of the text?0
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Nobody can piss me off more than Roland, but fans who do not realise he is insane manage it too. Just read his f-ing communications and smell the coffee! The dig at Bowyer deserves a few slaps at the very least!MrLargo said:
They've not been able to agree a contract with Bowyer. In short, this is even though they've apparently offered him an absolute fortune and would have made him our highest paid post-Premier League manager. Greedy Lee wants even more though. Also some other excuses relating to the possible pending sale of the club.Croydon said:Website is down, haven't had a chance to read it. Basic gist anyone?
Very poorly written article. Sounded like bullshit, poorly written, almost as if someone was scribbling notes whilst speaking to Roland on the phone. All a bit odd, especially now it's been taken down.4 -
Well we don't have much other senior management so why bother?Croydon said:Wow, just wow.
So we're just not going to have a manager?!
Honestly even Richard Murray will have a hard job defending this.2 -
Just got onto site on my mobile and statement is still there.kentaddick said:Website down.
maybe this is another {...} moment and Lee might sign?
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Can he now take this to the League Managers Association. Also is he lying again saying "the club is about to be sold"1
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"Brush up on your Flemmish, we're taking an early holiday..."carly burn said:'kin hell
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F*ck0
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Thing is, there will still be apologists out there blaming Bowyer for this mess.4
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I keep rereading this bit and struggling to understand the point that is being made.
”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. “4 -
Can expect him at Derby before we get sold I imagine1
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Can't believe how badly that has been written.
What could have been....4 -
Who??Chris_from_Sidcup said:
Well we don't have much other senior management so why bother?Croydon said:Wow, just wow.
So we're just not going to have a manager?!
Honestly even Richard Murray will have a hard job defending this.
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I don't get the amount of shock here.
Everyone must have knew there was a fair chance of this being the end result.8 -
“Using the press for negotiation with Duchatelet never seems to end well.
Starting to get worried now”
Posted that a couple of hours ago. Didn’t imagine in a million years the Rat would bite back so spectacularly.
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well done, glad someone had the sense the common sense to copy it.WSS said:I've put the full statement in the opening post.
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Happy Birthday Olly Groome - Have a great day mate!6
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Roland's new coach arrives for work.
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There's a banner advert at the top of the page: "Sale is on"1
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not sane ones there wont
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None of it makes sense, Douchbag wrote it!Red_in_SE8 said:I keep rereading this bit and struggling to understand the point that is being made.
”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. “
im so fecking angry.0 -
Shame he ain't fuckin under itseth plum said:Roland's new coach arrives for work.5 -
But we couldn't get angry until it happened.Robbo on the wing said:I don't get the amount of shock here.
Everyone must have knew there was a fair chance of this being the end result.0 -
Fuck Roland and all those who sail with him
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Imagine announcing a new signing with a picture of him and Lee Bowyer and then announcing that 3 hours later - it’s beyond words it really is.22
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Just a heads up I’ve deleted a couple of posts. Completely understand the initial reaction, and the words we want to use. I want to use them too, but to protect yourselves and the site please (and I know it’s hard), think about the language you use and what you say.6
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