Charlton Summer Transfer Rumours 2024

 Radostanradical said:

Henry Irving said:

DubaiCAFC said:

Henry Irving said:

Campbell has skill and pace already.

He can create and score.

There is room for improvement like all our players but Jones clearly sees the potential.

We can agree on something.. Jones rates Campbell highly, Campbell was leaving before Jones come in... 

Campbell does need to improve though

Yes, we agree and under a better manager in NJ I think he will.

But too often fans take a player's worst performances as their standard, not their best.

I'm not ITK but heard from some relatives of players that a lot of players head dropped under MA due to his training methods when they lost a couple.

Essentially the rumor was he just ran them in to the ground and shouted at the how Sh*t they were.

Well the truth always hurts;)

It's been an odd start to transfer proceedings so far. I don't know how many players we're looking to get in but I remember towards the end of the season when we dropped points Jones saying that the issue we had was 'personnel'. Basically saying there was only so much he could do with what he had and we could never be successful with that group. It feels at the moment like we're going to be reusing quite a lot of that personnel going forward though.

At the end of last season I think most people would have said the most urgent spots to fill were in goal, CB, central midfield and up front. There's obvious change coming in goal but even with Mitchell coming in and Edwards potentially playing at CB we're still left with REG, Gillesphey, Lloyd, Ness and possibly Zach Mitchell. There's a lot of players in there that Jones doesn't seem to fancy and not a lot of noise about further additions there. Sonny Bradley was mentioned as one that would have to be done later in the window as Derby aren't sure about letting him go but it still feels we're one or two inevitable injuries away from the unwanted players coming in. In the middle we've brought in Berry, Coventry will continue even though I doubt he's a player Jones would pick himself and it's quite quiet other than that. Dobson has gone, Edun doesn't fit anywhere, Fraser is surely on his way out and I think we all might have imagined Terry Taylor. That leaves Anderson and possibly Campbell if Jones wants to put him in the advanced midfield role. Lots and lots of movement needed in that area as there's players in there that even Appleton wouldn't want. Up front we knew we needed some kind of kaiju to hold the ball but it sounds like we'll also need another forward to replace May and his goals. Striker is the one spot where (hopefully) you can look at the first choice front two and see Leaburn, Kanu and Aneke as serious possible replacements in case of fitness or form issues. Other than that though it's feeling uncomfortably like we're one Luke Berry ankle knock or Alex Mitchell hamstring twang away from having a lot of the same conversations as last season. Lots and lots of time left to make a lot more changes but I just really hope we're planning not only for a shake up of the 11 but also for eventualities that might mean we're fielding a midfield trio of Anderson, Edun and Fraser 6 games in

Yann897 said:

Garrymanilow said:

It's been an odd start to transfer proceedings so far. I don't know how many players we're looking to get in but I remember towards the end of the season when we dropped points Jones saying that the issue we had was 'personnel'. Basically saying there was only so much he could do with what he had and we could never be successful with that group. It feels at the moment like we're going to be reusing quite a lot of that personnel going forward though.

At the end of last season I think most people would have said the most urgent spots to fill were in goal, CB, central midfield and up front. There's obvious change coming in goal but even with Mitchell coming in and Edwards potentially playing at CB we're still left with REG, Gillesphey, Lloyd, Ness and possibly Zach Mitchell. There's a lot of players in there that Jones doesn't seem to fancy and not a lot of noise about further additions there. Sonny Bradley was mentioned as one that would have to be done later in the window as Derby aren't sure about letting him go but it still feels we're one or two inevitable injuries away from the unwanted players coming in. In the middle we've brought in Berry, Coventry will continue even though I doubt he's a player Jones would pick himself and it's quite quiet other than that. Dobson has gone, Edun doesn't fit anywhere, Fraser is surely on his way out and I think we all might have imagined Terry Taylor. That leaves Anderson and possibly Campbell if Jones wants to put him in the advanced midfield role. Lots and lots of movement needed in that area as there's players in there that even Appleton wouldn't want. Up front we knew we needed some kind of kaiju to hold the ball but it sounds like we'll also need another forward to replace May and his goals. Striker is the one spot where (hopefully) you can look at the first choice front two and see Leaburn, Kanu and Aneke as serious possible replacements in case of fitness or form issues. Other than that though it's feeling uncomfortably like we're one Luke Berry ankle knock or Alex Mitchell hamstring twang away from having a lot of the same conversations as last season. Lots and lots of time left to make a lot more changes but I just really hope we're planning not only for a shake up of the 11 but also for eventualities that might mean we're fielding a midfield trio of Anderson, Edun and Fraser 6 games in

There’s still 2 and a half months of the window open, there’s no need to panic yet even by our standards 3 by this stage is more than most years . 

No panic, I'm just saying that I hope there's more focus on making sure that the players backing up the shiny new signings are at the level we need than there has been in the past because with our injury record very quickly the 'good enough as a backup' players become 'not good enough to be starting every week but they're the only fit defender'. We really need to move on Ness, Edun, Fraser and if he's not wanted Taylor and replace them with better players or we'll feel it as the season goes on. I hope we have a plan in place for that 

https://www.footballinsider247.com/charlton-athletic-open-preliminary-talks-to-sign-john-ruddy-sources/

Braziliance said:

Where is the Gassan Ahadme link coming from, and isn't he meant to be quite average regardless? 

I remember checking Cambridges forums before we played them and the reviews weren't very good. He seems to have swayed a few people towards the end, but that isn't a 'good enough to play in the championship' type that's been touted. 

I can't take his performance against us too seriously, one of the worst (arguably worst) defences in Charltons history. 

Swisdom with one of his classic cheeky hints.

His record, when he was available wasnt too bad with 11 in 29,  especially given hes likely to be the second/ hold up type man (or one of them)

At a good age too, a full season of league one level development and one to step up. 

Braziliance said:

Where is the Gassan Ahadme link coming from, and isn't he meant to be quite average regardless? 

I remember checking Cambridges forums before we played them and the reviews weren't very good. He seems to have swayed a few people towards the end, but that isn't a 'good enough to play in the championship' type that's been touted. 

I can't take his performance against us too seriously, one of the worst (arguably worst) defences in Charltons history. 

I think he fits that 'battering ram' striker mould we are after quite nicely, will be hugely important signing in helping us hold the ball up the pitch. I think we massively struggled with that all of last season, except when Chuks had a cameo 

CL_Phantom said:

Braziliance said:

Where is the Gassan Ahadme link coming from, and isn't he meant to be quite average regardless? 

I remember checking Cambridges forums before we played them and the reviews weren't very good. He seems to have swayed a few people towards the end, but that isn't a 'good enough to play in the championship' type that's been touted. 

I can't take his performance against us too seriously, one of the worst (arguably worst) defences in Charltons history. 

Swisdom with one of his classic cheeky hints.

His record, when he was available wasnt too bad with 11 in 29,  especially given hes likely to be the second/ hold up type man (or one of them)

At a good age too, a full season of league one level development and one to step up. 

Ah ok,

As you say, 11 in 29 is decent, especially if he offers more than just goals. 

I just saw he's only 23 which is quite young. Don't get me wrong on paper it seems a decent move, just concerned about all the donkey comments I read earlier in the season. Hopefully he developed since then. 

YannTheMann said:

Braziliance said:

Where is the Gassan Ahadme link coming from, and isn't he meant to be quite average regardless? 

I remember checking Cambridges forums before we played them and the reviews weren't very good. He seems to have swayed a few people towards the end, but that isn't a 'good enough to play in the championship' type that's been touted. 

I can't take his performance against us too seriously, one of the worst (arguably worst) defences in Charltons history. 

I think he fits that 'battering ram' striker mould we are after quite nicely, will be hugely important signing in helping us hold the ball up the pitch. I think we massively struggled with that all of last season, except when Chuks had a cameo 

Yeah we did, even when Wickham had has little cameos it helped us, Alfie May could have certainly used a proper target man for most of the season, he could have been on 30 league goals potentially with a partner with more to their game. 

Braziliance said:

Not sure if shared, but here's the Cambridge forum thread on him, I'm gonna have a gander myself now,

https://cambridgeunitedfc.proboards.com/thread/10758/gassan-ahadme?page=1

Edit: don't bother reading all this link, it is utter guff until page 7 where a few people say he's decent and his hold up play is good. 

He isn't going to be getting May like numbers but seems like double figures should be well within his abilities and brings a bit of heft and hold up play besides.

I wouldn't be blown away with the signing but certainly would be interested to see how he gets on.

John Ruddy would be a great signing for League one. Gives Mannion two years to develop and become no.1,

MarcusH26 said:

covered_end_junior said:

https://www.footballinsider247.com/charlton-athletic-open-preliminary-talks-to-sign-john-ruddy-sources/

Don't mind this at all. Isn't going to be a long term option but that's why we signed Mannion. 

I wouldnt mind him coming in for his experience but still want us to go for Walton at Ipswich

with AMB and Isted likely going we need 2 more GK still anyway

Rothko said:

CharltontillidieCOYR said:

MarcusH26 said:

covered_end_junior said:

https://www.footballinsider247.com/charlton-athletic-open-preliminary-talks-to-sign-john-ruddy-sources/

Don't mind this at all. Isn't going to be a long term option but that's why we signed Mannion. 

I wouldnt mind him coming in for his experience but still want us to go for Walton at Ipswich

with AMB and Isted likely going we need 2 more GK still anyway

Is Walton a goer anymore? He had his contract option taken up by them, so will get to sit on the bench in the Premier League at worst, and probably a Loan if needed?

Yea but reports Ipswich are going to bring in a GK plus he has worked with Jones before 

Reams on the other site reckons we are still keen and pursuing him so hopefully a chance at least 

Others i would be keen on
Jensen
Wildsmith
Okonkwo
Addai

ElliotCAFC said:

Whoever we sign as May’s replacement, he better very very good or fans will quickly turn. 

And on the manager.

If May does go it will be very interesting to see what kind of striker we replace him with. Ahadme feels like a replacement for a Yann type and we tried a few different combos with him over the years. One I liked but was quite rare due to fitness was Yann and Fuller together, sometimes it was one of those two with Rob Hulse. Big physical players but at least one or both could also do some brilliant things with their feet. We had some of our best results on the rare occasions we got Yann and Fuller on the pitch at the same time and it wouldn't surprise me to see Jones go for a similar sort of thing with two monsters who can do a step over here and there. Leaburn would fit into that as well. It would say a lot in terms of Jones' preference if we replaced May with a player absolutely nothing like him.

As mentioned on here already, Max Dean would be a great replacement for May.

Unlikely to come cheap but we’re backed by multiple billionaires who still have all that JCH & Aaron Collins money burning a hole in their pocket.

It’ll be good to see how ambitious we are with his replacement.