Deadline Day from Pg.641 - Summer 2025 Charlton Athletic Transfer Rumours
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Honestly, I'm not convinced we'd need him if Rankin-Costello is viewed as a central midfielder, we now need someone more like Knibbs or DKD, an attacking midfielder that also plays up front, and possibly a more defensive minded midfielder as cover for Coventry.LargeAddick said:Huddersfield message board thinks they are close to signing Marc Leonard too.5 -
His home is Doncaster …….Mendonca In Asdas said:
He's coming home?CB1 said:According to Richard Cawley, Alfie May doesn’t want to go to Huddersfield.1 -
Cawley not denying the Knibbs interest.28
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He slowly getting back to Doncaster perhaps next season if Huddersfield go upTheAddicks4Ever said:
he just signed for the Terriers on a 3 year deal !Mendonca In Asdas said:
He's coming home?CB1 said:According to Richard Cawley, Alfie May doesn’t want to go to Huddersfield.7 -
TheHerminator said:
The very rare Cawley bad callLargeAddick said:
Seems like he did after all.CB1 said:According to Richard Cawley, Alfie May doesn’t want to go to Huddersfield.
Was it a bad call ?
"Alfie May doesn't want to go to Huddersfield" could well be true but being a professional footballer you often end up going where you are wanted and leave when told you will struggle to get any game time. Player who are stubborn train with the Under 21 if it totally breaks down.
Professional football is a tough business when you fall out of favour.
Alfie will sing the praises of Huddersfield and their ambition and say he fancied the challenge/project at Huddersfield.
When his agent said it's a 3 year deal Alfie said maybe I do want to go to Huddersfield as that is excellent for a 32 year old.
Jayden Stockley told me he wouldn't go back up north again but when his career imploded at CAFC he went to Fleetwood. Now at Port Vale and back in League 1 but not down south !
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If Leonard is available i wouldn't mind us going for him. He'd surely prefer to play in the championship and is also a player who if he did well would have a decent sell on value.1
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Certainly sounds like a player that would suit our team
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Knibbs, Fukada and another DM then I’d see our business as done.sam3110 said:
Honestly, I'm not convinced we'd need him if Rankin-Costello is viewed as a central midfielder, we now need someone more like Knibbs or DKD, an attacking midfielder that also plays up front, and possibly a more defensive minded midfielder as cover for Coventry.LargeAddick said:Huddersfield message board thinks they are close to signing Marc Leonard too.1 -
RonnieMoore said:
His home is Doncaster …….Mendonca In Asdas said:
He's coming home?CB1 said:According to Richard Cawley, Alfie May doesn’t want to go to Huddersfield.
Huddersfield to Doncaster is 30 miles as the crow flies but about 45 miles by car so Alfie is getting nearer.1 - Sponsored links:
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Scoham beat me :-)0
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If we went for a loan with an option to buy then surely his contract cant be up in Jan?
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160 million yen is £804,320 poundsCallumcafc said:https://x.com/kage_inor5/status/1947459777107554657?s=46&t=ynww82GMl7VKBjthBflU0g“It's only 160 million yen. You can't just give it out for something like that.”“At the moment, they're even hesitant to offer 160 million...(Good job to the Reinforcement Department for properly rejecting it)”2 -
6 month loan and then no fee ?? - maybe he has fallen out with the manager like Rashford at Utd. and he is trying to force a move to the mighty CharltonValleyGary said:If we went for a loan with an option to buy then surely his contract cant be up in Jan?0 -
Could be so still, a loan until Jan and we decide from there, they might have a year's option on his contract that they haven't taken up yetValleyGary said:If we went for a loan with an option to buy then surely his contract cant be up in Jan?0 -
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/6b9f86b972bd684727e3365dfa9ef8ed25bc80bb
“Kyoto Sanga defender Shinnosuke Fukuda receives overseas offer — English Championship side Charlton Athletic interested in loan deal, but Kyoto reportedly rejects it
It appears that J1 League club Kyoto Sanga F.C. defender Shinnosuke Fukuda has received an offer from an overseas club. On the 21st, the British outlet Daily Mail reported the news.
The 24-year-old Fukuda developed in the youth system of J2 side Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo and went on to play for powerhouse Meiji University. He joined Kyoto in the 2023 season and appeared in 34 league matches last season. This season, he has played in 17 league matches (as of Matchday 24), serving as a key part of Kyoto’s back line as the club sits in 4th place.
Amid this, English Championship club Charlton Athletic FC has reportedly moved to acquire him, according to Daily Mail.
According to the outlet, Charlton submitted an offer to Kyoto, but it was rejected. The club, managed by Nathan Jones, is said to have proposed a loan deal with a purchase option, but Kyoto is reportedly only willing to consider a full permanent transfer.
Kyoto is also said to have set Fukuda’s release clause at around 160 million yen (~$1 million USD), and it remains unclear whether Charlton will return with a new offer.”
And some top comment responses:
1. “I think it’s good that they’re sticking to a policy of only accepting a full transfer. Personally, I’m in favor of players heading to Europe more and more, but J.League clubs have their own circumstances to consider. When a key or promising player leaves, they have to fill that gap with reinforcements. Even if they promote someone from the youth system, there are still development costs to think about in the medium term. Even if the offer is just 100 to 200 million yen, if there’s room for negotiation, I think the club should negotiate properly.”
2. “Fukuda is one of Sanga’s key players, so it’s understandable that they wouldn’t want to let him go on loan.If it were a full transfer and Fukuda himself strongly wanted the move, it would be harder for the club to hold him back.
Loan deals tend to benefit the receiving club too much, so I also felt uneasy about it when it happened with Kawasaki.
(Of course, I still support them though.)”
3. “If even Shinnosuke leaves now, it’s going to be tough…
We’ve somehow managed to stay near the top, but watching the match against Fukuoka yesterday, it’s clear things are rough.
Hard to believe we’re still in the top spots and yet getting picked apart by overseas clubs like this…”
4. “At this point, there’s no way you can expect to get a regular starter on loan — not someone who’s already established, not just a 20-year-old prospect.
If you really want them, it’s time to pay a proper transfer fee and sign them outright.
That just shows how far things have come — players taken from the J.League are actually going abroad and performing well now.”
5. “It’s a pleasantly surprising development that even clubs promoted from the third to the second division are trying to sign young Japanese players.
Maybe in reality it’s the agents pushing them, but still — the fact that there’s interest and actual offers being made shows that Japanese football is being valued more highly.”
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Can fully understand why Charlton would want a loan with an option to buy because it’s a big big gamble on getting someone from so far away. He could settle easily or miss home too much. The fee quoted is a lot of money to gamble on potential alone when put up against the potential pitfalls. I’m putting this one 30/707
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Can equally understand why they’d not want that though if he is a key player for them. I think we’d tell someone to do one if they came in for one of our key players as a loan.ShootersHillGuru said:Can fully understand why Charlton would want a loan with an option to buy because it’s a big big gamble on getting someone from so far away. He could settle easily or miss home too much. The fee quoted is a lot of money to gamble on potential alone when put up against the potential pitfalls. I’m putting this one 30/702 - Sponsored links:
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I've never seen the guy play, no idea if he suits what we need, had never heard of him until this morning and i've no idea if he even speaks English, so all i will say is pay Kyoto what they want and get the deal done!!18
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Does Ahadme fancy plying his trade in Japan?
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Can someone check if Linda Fukuda has followed any of the Charlton social media accounts yet11
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This Fukuda player really excites me and from the stats we've seen, he will really fit our team. A player that I believe NJ can coach in to a real great RWB. Fast, moves well and can shoot with both foot outside of the box. Hoping we just pull the trigger and sign him.1
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The rejection of the proposed loan deal suggests to me that Charlton are playing hard ball with negotiations this summer.
That may mean that we miss out on some players, such as Galbraith, Offiah and maybe Knibbs, because we'll only pay what we feel is the right price.
It may also mean that we don't get any EPL loans until very late or not at all.
But it also means that we stick to our budget and not ger turned over.
Not every fan will be happy with that and they will say "pay whatever it takes" but that doesn't appear to be what Charlton call sustainable.
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Galbraith wasn’t down to not paying what we felt the price was right for him , he simply didnt feel we were the right fit for him.Henry Irving said:The rejection of the proposed loan deal suggests to me that Charlton are playing hard ball with negotiations this summer.
That may mean that we miss out on some players, such as Galbraith, Offiah and maybe Knibbs, because we'll only pay what we feel is the right price.
It may also mean that we don't get any EPL loans until very late or not at all.
But it also means that we stick to our budget and not ger turned over.
Not every fan will be happy with that and they will say "pay whatever it takes" but that doesn't appear to be what Charlton call sustainable.9 -
Well fuck him then !000__Jaaaaay__000 said:
Galbraith wasn’t down to not paying what we felt the price was right for him , he simply didnt feel we were the right fit for him.Henry Irving said:The rejection of the proposed loan deal suggests to me that Charlton are playing hard ball with negotiations this summer.
That may mean that we miss out on some players, such as Galbraith, Offiah and maybe Knibbs, because we'll only pay what we feel is the right price.
It may also mean that we don't get any EPL loans until very late or not at all.
But it also means that we stick to our budget and not ger turned over.
Not every fan will be happy with that and they will say "pay whatever it takes" but that doesn't appear to be what Charlton call sustainable.9 -
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Convinced we can blame that one on Richie Wellens being in his squad’s ear about us the last few weeks of the season.000__Jaaaaay__000 said:
Galbraith wasn’t down to not paying what we felt the price was right for him , he simply didnt feel we were the right fit for him.Henry Irving said:The rejection of the proposed loan deal suggests to me that Charlton are playing hard ball with negotiations this summer.
That may mean that we miss out on some players, such as Galbraith, Offiah and maybe Knibbs, because we'll only pay what we feel is the right price.
It may also mean that we don't get any EPL loans until very late or not at all.
But it also means that we stick to our budget and not ger turned over.
Not every fan will be happy with that and they will say "pay whatever it takes" but that doesn't appear to be what Charlton call sustainable.Can imagine the conversations right now, how they play so much more quality football than Charlton…
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I didn't expect us to be looking outside the UK for signings this summer, that felt like something for next summer if we stayed up and looked to push on. But there's something really exciting about an interesting rumour like Fukuda
That post from the Japanese journo that Scoham posted earlier makes him sound like the perfect RWB for how Nathan wants to play , of course anyone like that is going to need to time to adapt but something feels different about how this transfer window is being handled for the first time in years it feels like we've got sensible joined up thinking and an ownership that is more than happy to back the manager.20
