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

CB1 said:

Any transfer rumours today? Can’t be bothered to read through the 30 pages I haven’t read. 😂

Yes, 4 new names

Yann897 said:

Marc Leonard being linked with Huddersfield and says a few championship clubs are interested, hopefully we’re one of them.

We should be all over that, sounds like a permanent deal too and would fit our signing players with potential for resale brief 

CB1 said:

Any transfer rumours today? Can’t be bothered to read through the 30 pages I haven’t read. 😂

Nothing today but you may have missed at the weekend, ForeverAddickted thought we were signing Laurel and Hardy.

wmcf123 said:

Crispywood said:

Leuth said:

The next time someone says 'we need to sign a target man' when we have Olaofe, Leaburn and Mbick on the staff, I will scream 

Olaofe is 5’11 and even Challinor was saying how he likes playing on the last defender and getting in behind, Mbick is 18 and nowhere near ready, Leaburn has injuries issues and despite being 6’7 plays more like a technical winger than you’re typical target man who links play. Like it or not a target man makes more sense than getting another smaller pacy striker 

Who are the good target men we’ve had in living memory ? Kermorgant, Andy Hunt ? The guy with Pink Hair 

Deon Burton

The Charlton Life doctor would need to check that tatoo with his/her microscope 

He was probably getting paid f all… now he’s getting 4x f all 

DennisBooth said:

Ron Saunders was a small centre forward but I was amazed at how good he was in the air. He seemed to specialise in the diving header.

an example of an 'aging' striker who still 'had it' .. he was well into his 30s when he joined us .. the great Eddie Firmani was 30 when he re-joined (for the 1st time) after his long spell in Italy.  He was 34 on re-joining us for the second time and was still banging in the goals

CB1 said:

Any transfer rumours today? Can’t be bothered to read through the 30 pages I haven’t read. 😂

Yes, there are some...... But to see who they are, you first need to read through 30 pages.

We had to! 😝

Which is why you then don't spend crazy amounts for the next two, unless you generate more income through a big player sale etc.

You either stay up and your whole squad increases in value and you can balance the books with big sales, or you're down and will likely be able to recover with sales regardless.

What you probably shouldn't do is go up, not take the risk and potentially end up going down and be in poor financial circumstances anyway, like many clubs that have done. We're Charlton Athletic, shouldn't be some yo-yo club with limited potential. 

There aren't many succesful business on earth that didn't gain without taking losses to start off with, it's just borderline impossible unless you get very fortunate. You have to spend money to make money.

We are doing well so far in this regard, hopefully more to come with such decent fees being advertised for such quality players that would increase our chances of staying in the league, the number 1 goal.

fenaddick said:

Have to be careful though, can’t just spend the whole £13m allowed on transfer fees. Promotion bonuses and increased wages contribute too. I am assuming in the next 12 months or so we’ll need to sell someone, hopefully because we’ve had a great season and that player can go for a big fee like Esse did 

Respectfully though, there isn't much point investing in football if you aren't taking risks, that's just the nature of the beast. It's a race to the Prem and nothing else matters. All financial losses otherwise.

Plenty of clubs now look well run and sustainable by taking massive risks and paying a lot of money (Brighton, Bournemouth, Forest, Fulham, Villa etc) and then plenty get bitten on the arse (Derby, Wednesday, Hull etc) 

One certainty in football though, is that if you don't spend, you'll either stagnate or drop down the leagues. It is extremely unlikely/borderline impossible now to progress as a football club without competing in the market, whether people like it or not.

But that's enough from me on money, I like the business we are doing and I am happy with it, just pointing out it would be nice if some of these links actually happen as they're very low risk in the grand scheme of football money, and potentially very high reward in the long run.

Back to the rumours 👍🏻

Oggy Red said:

CB1 said:

Any transfer rumours today? Can’t be bothered to read through the 30 pages I haven’t read. 😂

Yes, there are some...... But to see who they are, you first need to read through 30 pages.

We had to! 😝

Its always a bit odd for someone to come on and post that they cant be bothered to read all the other posts that are non-transfer related, when they are adding to those pages of non-transfer related posts. Its crazy, thank goodness I would never be found guilty of doing that myself.

gringo said:

Oggy Red said:

CB1 said:

Any transfer rumours today? Can’t be bothered to read through the 30 pages I haven’t read. 😂

Yes, there are some...... But to see who they are, you first need to read through 30 pages.

We had to! 😝

Its always a bit odd for someone to come on and post that they cant be bothered to read all the other posts that are non-transfer related, when they are adding to those pages of non-transfer related posts. Its crazy, thank goodness I would never be found guilty of doing that myself.

Neither would I mate...sod it..🤦‍♂️

DOUCHER said:

gringo said:

Oggy Red said:

CB1 said:

Any transfer rumours today? Can’t be bothered to read through the 30 pages I haven’t read. 😂

Yes, there are some...... But to see who they are, you first need to read through 30 pages.

We had to! 😝

Its always a bit odd for someone to come on and post that they cant be bothered to read all the other posts that are non-transfer related, when they are adding to those pages of non-transfer related posts. Its crazy, thank goodness I would never be found guilty of doing that myself.

I make oggy right - it’s not an information service on here, it’s a discussion board and people moaning about discussions around transfers should remember that 

I’m not sure he was moaning was he? Came across in jest? 

TheHerminator said:

DOUCHER said:

gringo said:

Oggy Red said:

CB1 said:

Any transfer rumours today? Can’t be bothered to read through the 30 pages I haven’t read. 😂

Yes, there are some...... But to see who they are, you first need to read through 30 pages.

We had to! 😝

Its always a bit odd for someone to come on and post that they cant be bothered to read all the other posts that are non-transfer related, when they are adding to those pages of non-transfer related posts. Its crazy, thank goodness I would never be found guilty of doing that myself.

I make oggy right - it’s not an information service on here, it’s a discussion board and people moaning about discussions around transfers should remember that 

I’m not sure he was moaning was he? Came across in jest? 

Don’t know but plenty come on here moaning about wading through page after page without a rumour