Deadline Day from Pg.641 - Summer 2025 Charlton Athletic Transfer Rumours

The Red Robin said:

RonnieMoore said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

I think we’ll sign six more. Maybe two loans in addition to that.

Richard Crawley already said in his new blog that their looking for 5 more signings 

I would guess:

GK
RB
CB
CM
CF

maybe a winger. 

…basically everywhere!

We need all of those , plus a left back .  

Sage said:

bobmunro said:

Scoham said:

Crispywood said:

MarcusH26 said:

YannTheMann said:

If we were to sign Offiah, L.Thompson & Olafe. How would we think our squad is looking after those 3? 

Light , would want at least 4-5 more on top of that at least . Don't want to be relying on u21s to plug gaps 

Cawley said in the Podcast Friday we were only looking to bring in 6/7 signings 1 of which included Carey. Which means we’re probably only looking at a GK LCB RWB LWB CM/CAM ST and that’s it and will rely on a lot of current team to be able to do jobs as squad players next year 

I thought that was a only a guess of the likely minimum number of signings, rather than something he had been told?

Correct. There will be a budget of £x for NJ to spend, not a maximum or minimum number of players - only Jones can decide who and how many based on said budget.

I would be stunned if we only brought in 7 including Carey. The loanees went back. We’ve lost Small, let go of Watson and Aneke, all of them were regular players in the squad. Hylton has retired, Ahadme isn’t good enough, there will be others deemed so too.

Throwing youngsters in to make up the numbers won’t cut it nor will it allow us to be as competitive as they (and Jones) will want us to be.

I fully anticipate by the end of the window we would have signed 10 players, with or without including Carey.

As a minimum:
- Goalkeeper
- 2 right sided players to replace Small and Watson (yes I know Small was/is a left back, but he won’t be going forward nor was he used that way)
- Another central defender
- Another left back/left wing back to compete with Edwards
- Another winger
- Another central midfielder
- Carey
- 2 strikers

I think the gaps are spot on, but I expect 2/3 to cover a couple of positions meaning we sign closer to 8.

GK will be a must, NJ won’t want AMB as 2nd choice.

RWB a must too, but I can see one being a genuine RWB, and then hopefully Offiah or similar covering RWB and RCB.

LWB makes sense with Edwards our only senior player. I think we’ll probably go for someone as competition for Edwards rather than a new first choice, and I can see it being a player who can also play LCB, giving Gillesphey competition too and a more realistic chance of game time for a new signing.

CM I agree, we need someone with the quality to be first choice, which will really push Docherty and Coventry.

I see Carey competing with Berry and hopefully settles in and makes that spot his own.

I recently said I saw two strikers coming in, but I expect one will be able to play out wide and be an alternative to TC, meaning we won’t sign a winger. The other striker will then compete with Godden and hopefully a fit Leaburn for the other striker role.

Hylton, Ahadme and Chuks effectively only need replacing with one new striker.

That would give us plenty of options but without the squad having too many players who can’t even make the bench - I don’t see NJ competing changing his opinion on that just because we’ve been promoted, it’ll be more about quality than quantity. The expectation will again be that our set up is capable of keeping players fit and available.

I see it being something like: 

GK
RWB
RWB/RCB
LWB/LCB
CM
Carey
Striker/Winger
Striker

I don’t see 6/7 being enough when there’s allowance for 9 subs.
He likes a lean squad, but that would have us down to the bone before we even kick off.

CafcSCP said:

I don’t see 6/7 being enough when there’s allowance for 9 subs.
He likes a lean squad, but that would have us down to the bone before we even kick off.

I think there’s a naive assumption that our first team is good enough .  We all know the squad isn’t and I see no logic in buying players to bolster the squad - we need to get starters.  If that means Berry, Docherty etc are on the bench, so be it. 

Finger in the air I’m saying 7 more for 8 total.

There’s not a chance we’ll sign 8 or 9 players . I’m saying 6 at the most . Whether they will be enough is highly debatable. I too don’t want our youth taking up most of the bench . 

MarcusH26 said:

CafcSCP said:

I don’t see 6/7 being enough when there’s allowance for 9 subs.
He likes a lean squad, but that would have us down to the bone before we even kick off.

This is where I'm at , yes we've now got 9 subs but I don't want the likes of Assimwe, Fullah and Dixon filling out the bench every week because NJ wants a lean squad. We need to have proper depth across the squad and anything that comes from the U21s is a bonus. 

Looking at my last squad update, add in 8 total signings and take out the expected outs (Taylor, Ahadme, Kanu and Asiimwe on loan etc) that would still give us 22-24 senior players, meaning when everyone is fit there’s no room for u21s on the bench.

Apart from Ramsay, Jones, Edwards & Coventry, I’m not sure we have any other players that I’d want to be playing week in week out - Berry and Godden would be included but they’ll be 33 & 34 by the time the season starts. So 7 for the first XI and then another 1 or 2 for depth so some of the young players can go out on loan.

Reckon Jones would want at least 2 players per position to not have a massive squad but at least have appropriate depth and then u21’s coming in worse case scenario. Personally can see 6-7 more signings coming in and have the squad look like something like this come start of the season. Can see the argument to sign another  RWB ahead of Asiimwe but can see NJ pushing Ramsay or TC out there if needed. 

ElfsborgAddick said:

cabbles said:

If it helps, since it’s been mentioned again, I’ve narrowed down how many miles each Championship team is from the National Railway Museum in York, so we can have a sort of rough idea of our chances of signing someone that might be rumoured to go to any of our Championship rivals

Birmingham 184 miles
Blackburn 71 miles
Bristol City 229 miles 
Us 217 miles
Coventry 141 miles
Derby 96 miles
Hull 38 miles
Ipswich 212 miles
Leicester 119 miles
M’boro 49 miles
Millwall 216 miles
Norwich 187 miles
Oxford 196 miles
Portsmouth 278 miles
Preston 78 miles, plus the chance to car pool with Small and Euell
QPR 205 miles
Sheff Utd/Wed 57 miles
Southampto 261 miles
Stoke 119 miles
Swansea 291 miles
Watford 203 miles
WBA 135 miles
Wrexham 123 miles

Whilst it’s clear that we should avoid getting into a scrap with Preston because of their already established links, we really only want to be going for players that Millwall, Watford, QPR, Pompey, Ipswich, Southampton and Swansea also see as targets if we’re to stand any chance of a player not choosing us over a club closer to the museum 

You’ll also see the two Sheffield clubs, Hull and M’boro are particular danger clubs to avoid, and if we’re going after any of the same targets, I would urge Phil Chapple to reconsider

Surely the distances cannot be the same for both Sheffield clubs?

Could be. I'm in the very privileged (ahem) position, of living 4 miles from Hillsborough, Bramhall Lane and New York Stadium.