January Transfer Window (rumours + actuals)

MarcusH26 said:

He'll probably go to Bolton and be excellent. Would rather keep him and send Allan Campbell back to Luton. 

Callumcafc said:

MarcusH26 said:

He'll probably go to Bolton and be excellent. Would rather keep him and send Allan Campbell back to Luton. 

Jones doesn’t see them as playing the same position. Taylor can’t get in ahead of Coventry, he’s not competing for a spot in the squad with Allan Campbell.

ValleyGary said:

PragueAddick said:

ValleyGary said:

PragueAddick said:

So here on this thread we are completely devoid of any new rumours about ins and outs at Charlton. And purely by coincidence, so is Mr Pete O'Rourke.

You seem obsessed with this bloke and he ain’t even that bad.

Yeah I know. Just frustrated with the thread I guess.

But did you believe we’d be in for Clucas? 

No I didn’t. Sounds like agent talk to me.

However, I still take note of what O’Rourke says, simply because he’s track record with us is pretty good, and he probably kept contacts from his time at Sky. 

PragueAddick said:

ValleyGary said:

PragueAddick said:

ValleyGary said:

PragueAddick said:

So here on this thread we are completely devoid of any new rumours about ins and outs at Charlton. And purely by coincidence, so is Mr Pete O'Rourke.

You seem obsessed with this bloke and he ain’t even that bad.

Yeah I know. Just frustrated with the thread I guess.

But did you believe we’d be in for Clucas? 

No I didn’t. Sounds like agent talk to me.

However, I still take note of what O’Rourke says, simply because he’s track record with us is pretty good, and he probably kept contacts from his time at Sky. 

That's fair enough, I haven't really noticed him before now, and sure he must have good contacts, and uses them. But that FLW thing looks like it is relying entirely on clicks to earn money, and -leaving him personally out of it - it means posting stuff up all the time, and if there isn't enough good stuff, it'll have to be dodgy stuff. 

Chunes said:

CL_Phantom said:

Chunes said:

MartinCAFC said:

Weegie Addick said:

And the bulk of that £1.2M (though hopefully not quite all of it) went on signing and paying Ahadme. 

It was clearly stated at start of season that the minimum aim was play offs so I don’t think “top ten” is much of an improvement. 

Fans showed a lot of commitment in buying STs this season. Going to be a lot needed to convince most to renew. A good window and positive second half of season will be vital to that - especially if we’re facing yet another (sixth in a row?) season in L1. 

Pretty sure it's been put on a thread recently that we didn't pay the bulk of the Ahadme fee up front it was around £325k or so with the rest in add-ons and a promotion bonus? though stand to be corrected.

Yeah it was but not sure the maths adds up there. Otherwise there should be a lot of the May money still sat in the bank.

Doesnt it? 

We brought in 5 players on transfer fees in the summer, lets be generous with some of those figures:

Ahadme 300K
Godden 200K
Mitchell 200k
Edwards 85K (a reported figure from Scotland)
Dixon 50K

Thats 835K before adding in Docherty and Mannion's signing on fees as well as any potential loan fee for Campbell.*

And seeing as theres a desperation for Ahadme to have actually cost us 800K up front then theres even less left, like, none. 

And if Godden and Mitchell cost us 100K each then at most theres 500K left from the May money, but thats being generous and not including wages.

* And of course the unforgettable Potts and Hylton (I believe an itk was on here saying the delay around Potts coming in was because he had some high wage expectations) 

If we spent 200k on a 33-year-old striker in Godden, that's worse than any deal for Ahadme. I'm also doubtful we paid that much for Mitchell, he wasn't signing a new contract at Millwall. 

Isn't the desperation for Gassan to cost LESS because of how poor he's been? I don't reckon we spent 800k on him, my guess would be closer to 500 upfront. The idea we didn't pay a decent upfront fee is doubtful, in my view. If he'd been good then there wouldn't even be a discussion about him not costing much.

I might be wrong but think I recall when we signed him, there was a post by someone who spends time at the training ground about how excited the club were to get him. 

Getting into what % of the transfer budget was shifted into wages is really wading into the woods. Who's to comment either way. 

charltonbob said:

Chunes said:

CL_Phantom said:

Chunes said:

MartinCAFC said:

Weegie Addick said:

And the bulk of that £1.2M (though hopefully not quite all of it) went on signing and paying Ahadme. 

It was clearly stated at start of season that the minimum aim was play offs so I don’t think “top ten” is much of an improvement. 

Fans showed a lot of commitment in buying STs this season. Going to be a lot needed to convince most to renew. A good window and positive second half of season will be vital to that - especially if we’re facing yet another (sixth in a row?) season in L1. 

Pretty sure it's been put on a thread recently that we didn't pay the bulk of the Ahadme fee up front it was around £325k or so with the rest in add-ons and a promotion bonus? though stand to be corrected.

Yeah it was but not sure the maths adds up there. Otherwise there should be a lot of the May money still sat in the bank.

Doesnt it? 

We brought in 5 players on transfer fees in the summer, lets be generous with some of those figures:

Ahadme 300K
Godden 200K
Mitchell 200k
Edwards 85K (a reported figure from Scotland)
Dixon 50K

Thats 835K before adding in Docherty and Mannion's signing on fees as well as any potential loan fee for Campbell.*

And seeing as theres a desperation for Ahadme to have actually cost us 800K up front then theres even less left, like, none. 

And if Godden and Mitchell cost us 100K each then at most theres 500K left from the May money, but thats being generous and not including wages.

* And of course the unforgettable Potts and Hylton (I believe an itk was on here saying the delay around Potts coming in was because he had some high wage expectations) 

If we spent 200k on a 33-year-old striker in Godden, that's worse than any deal for Ahadme. I'm also doubtful we paid that much for Mitchell, he wasn't signing a new contract at Millwall. 

Isn't the desperation for Gassan to cost LESS because of how poor he's been? I don't reckon we spent 800k on him, my guess would be closer to 500 upfront. The idea we didn't pay a decent upfront fee is doubtful, in my view. If he'd been good then there wouldn't even be a discussion about him not costing much.

I might be wrong but think I recall when we signed him, there was a post by someone who spends time at the training ground about how excited the club were to get him. 

Getting into what % of the transfer budget was shifted into wages is really wading into the woods. Who's to comment either way. 

Wasn't Mitchell out of contract ? Why would we pay a fee for him

Bod said:

AberystwythAddick said:

Oh Eddie Youds... said:

Someone on ITTV has suggested Owen Dale as a player we should look at.

Always been impressed when I’ve seen him play against us & he fits the bill in terms of being able to play our wide (plus upfront when needed)

Oxford apparently looking to off load him this window:

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/oxford-united-willing-to-sell-owen-dale-january-transfer-window/

Doubt he’d come to us, think he’s good mates with Charlie Kirk whom I can’t imagine would give us a glowing reference 

Charlie Kirk failed us Charlton didn't fail Charlie Kirk.

Scoham said:

charltonbob said:

Chunes said:

CL_Phantom said:

Chunes said:

MartinCAFC said:

Weegie Addick said:

And the bulk of that £1.2M (though hopefully not quite all of it) went on signing and paying Ahadme. 

It was clearly stated at start of season that the minimum aim was play offs so I don’t think “top ten” is much of an improvement. 

Fans showed a lot of commitment in buying STs this season. Going to be a lot needed to convince most to renew. A good window and positive second half of season will be vital to that - especially if we’re facing yet another (sixth in a row?) season in L1. 

Pretty sure it's been put on a thread recently that we didn't pay the bulk of the Ahadme fee up front it was around £325k or so with the rest in add-ons and a promotion bonus? though stand to be corrected.

Yeah it was but not sure the maths adds up there. Otherwise there should be a lot of the May money still sat in the bank.

Doesnt it? 

We brought in 5 players on transfer fees in the summer, lets be generous with some of those figures:

Ahadme 300K
Godden 200K
Mitchell 200k
Edwards 85K (a reported figure from Scotland)
Dixon 50K

Thats 835K before adding in Docherty and Mannion's signing on fees as well as any potential loan fee for Campbell.*

And seeing as theres a desperation for Ahadme to have actually cost us 800K up front then theres even less left, like, none. 

And if Godden and Mitchell cost us 100K each then at most theres 500K left from the May money, but thats being generous and not including wages.

* And of course the unforgettable Potts and Hylton (I believe an itk was on here saying the delay around Potts coming in was because he had some high wage expectations) 

If we spent 200k on a 33-year-old striker in Godden, that's worse than any deal for Ahadme. I'm also doubtful we paid that much for Mitchell, he wasn't signing a new contract at Millwall. 

Isn't the desperation for Gassan to cost LESS because of how poor he's been? I don't reckon we spent 800k on him, my guess would be closer to 500 upfront. The idea we didn't pay a decent upfront fee is doubtful, in my view. If he'd been good then there wouldn't even be a discussion about him not costing much.

I might be wrong but think I recall when we signed him, there was a post by someone who spends time at the training ground about how excited the club were to get him. 

Getting into what % of the transfer budget was shifted into wages is really wading into the woods. Who's to comment either way. 

Wasn't Mitchell out of contract ? Why would we pay a fee for him

We paid an undisclosed fee for Mitchell.

https://www.charltonafc.com/news/alex-mitchell-joins-addicks

I think he had 1 more year left on his Millwall contract.

RonnieMoore said:

SouthLincsAddick said:

CL_Phantom said:

Chunes said:

MartinCAFC said:

Weegie Addick said:

And the bulk of that £1.2M (though hopefully not quite all of it) went on signing and paying Ahadme. 

It was clearly stated at start of season that the minimum aim was play offs so I don’t think “top ten” is much of an improvement. 

Fans showed a lot of commitment in buying STs this season. Going to be a lot needed to convince most to renew. A good window and positive second half of season will be vital to that - especially if we’re facing yet another (sixth in a row?) season in L1. 

Pretty sure it's been put on a thread recently that we didn't pay the bulk of the Ahadme fee up front it was around £325k or so with the rest in add-ons and a promotion bonus? though stand to be corrected.

Yeah it was but not sure the maths adds up there. Otherwise there should be a lot of the May money still sat in the bank.

Doesnt it? 

We brought in 5 players on transfer fees in the summer, lets be generous with some of those figures:

Ahadme 300K
Godden 200K
Mitchell 200k
Edwards 85K (a reported figure from Scotland)
Dixon 50K

Thats 835K before adding in Docherty and Mannion's signing on fees as well as any potential loan fee for Campbell.*

And seeing as theres a desperation for Ahadme to have actually cost us 800K up front then theres even less left, like, none. 

And if Godden and Mitchell cost us 100K each then at most theres 500K left from the May money, but thats being generous and not including wages.

* And of course the unforgettable Potts and Hylton (I believe an itk was on here saying the delay around Potts coming in was because he had some high wage expectations) 

Yeah but Ahadme is absolute crap, Godden is meh. It’s like the Sandgaard era never ended.

Ahadme was at least 600,000 first instalment as 50% of a deal has to be paid the other 50% over the next two years .. Godden was 450,000 , Mitchell was 350,000 that come from Millwall