Jul 2
Or to give him his real name…. Isaac Tanitoluwaloba Aduraoluwatimileyin Olaofe was today added to Nathan Jones’ Championship squad. Imagine getting his name on the back of your short at 50p a letter?
Olaofe has signed a three-year contract with a club option of an additional year.
Please click for moreLuton Town’s Thomas Kaminski has become the Addicks second signing of the summer. Noted as fee undisclosed, Kaminski has signed a three-year deal.
The 32-year old Belgian has made close to 500 appearances including 38 in the Premier League and 160 in The Championship.
Please click for moreI reckon we may see a little bit of movement this week on the transfer incomings front.
There’s a little pre-season activity in some places and player’s contracts do expire on Monday.
Please click for moreA Friday night rumour to sleep on.
The 25-year old Lewisham born Stockport County striker has scored 36 goals in 121 games for the promotion rivals and Hatters’ fans reckon we are making moves to sign him.
Please click for moreOne can find transfer rumours all over the internet. It only takes a keyboard, a social media account and an empty life but I don’t expect many Charlton transfer rumours to make it out in the open this summer.
Even known sleuth Rich Cawley might find it hard to prise information out of the club, and Nathan Jones is notoriously guarded.
Please click for moreSky Sports are reporting, so a reliable source, that Leyton Orient have turned down a bid from Charlton of £1.3 million for Ethan Gailbraith.
Gailbraith impressed for the O’s in the last two season’s playing 96 times, scoring 11 goals, with 10 assists.
Please click for moreThe steadfast Rich Cawley has linked us with Brighton defender Odel Offiah. The 22-year old of rugby legend Martin, comes with quite the reputation.
Offiah played 44 games last season whilst on loan at Blackpool.
Please click for moreIt has been a busy day at the training ground.
The Addicks announced the signing of a midfield 10 Sonny Carey from Blackpool. The 24-year old will join the club following the expiration of his contract at Blackpool on July 1st.
Please click for moreA real shame, but not surprising to see Thierry Small leave the club today. He and his agent had long held out against signing a new contract and his move to Preston underlines how hard it will be to compete financially with other clubs a level up.
Small signed for Preston North End today on a 4-year deal, and they will pay a ‘training compensation.’
Please click for moreYes, in late March. Where’s Andy Scott when you need him?
Charlton Athletic are pleased to confirm the signing of experienced goalkeeper Dean Bouzanis (more).
Please click for moreTalking Point 🗣️
It is hard to be surprised by the club’s transfer policy, they did tell us. Players to leave because the training pitches weren’t long enough as well as to trim the budget, plus a couple in to help where we were short.
Please click for moreI had been trying to keep an eye on the Addicks last day of the transfer window whilst at a work symposium where back to back meetings only allow breaks for more coffee and a pee.
After a month of inaction it all happened today as the club signed on loan Alex Gilbert and Tom McIntyre, moved out Zach Mitchell on loan and sold REG permanently to Leyton Orient.
Please click for moreYoung Addicks centre-back Zach Mitchell, well thought of by the club’s coaching staff, has moved to St. Johnstone in the Scottish Premiership until the end of the season.
The Bromley born 20-year old will be on a stiff learning curve up there as the Perth side sit rooted to the bottom of the table and have conceded the most goals in the league.
Please click for moreIt’s February and we have the first January window signing. Alex Gilbert (not Gilbey) has signed on loan from Middlesbrough until the end of the season.
Gilbert is an attacking midfielder, but can play out wide or a little deeper. Time will tell if he is a Conor Gallagher or a Lewis Fiorini.
Plese click for moreAllan Campbell has so impressed during his 549 League One minutes that Dundee United have made an offer that Luton Town could not refuse and the Scot has returned north of the border.
Please click for moreAnnounced minutes before kick off tonight. Jones has put pen to paper on an extension that takes him to the summer of 2027. Very positive news is that.
The vice-captain said: “I’m buzzing to sign this contract and I’m looking forward to what the future holds. I’ve loved my time at Charlton so far and I feel like I’ve found a real home here and am playing the best football of my career under the gaffer.”
Please click for moreNot a rumour, not even a whisper, but just a little 2 + 2 cogitation.
Owen Moxon has won promotion in each of the past two seasons, but has struggled to hold down a first team berth in The Championship this season with Portsmouth.
Please click for moreTerry Taylor has moved to fellow L1 club Northampton Town on loan until the end of the season.
This comes as no surprise and I wish him well.
Please click for morePeterborough United have signed Tayo Edun on a permanent deal only until the end of the season.
The defender, who joined the club from Blackburn Rovers in July 2023, made 37 appearances for the Addicks across all competitions, scoring once
Please click for moreStill very light on any transfer news, especially on incomings as we turn the daily calendar over to the 16th of the month.
Terry Taylor, who had a run of games before Christmas before picking up an unqualified knock, finds himself once again on the outskirts of the first team squad.
Please click for moreThe first of the squad out then as 20-year old Nathan Asiimwe has joined Walsall on loan until the end of the season.
That looks a good move to me as Walsall are flying and comprehensively won again earlier today to take the Sadlers 13 points clear at the top of League Two and are promotion certs.
Please click for moreToday marks the 6th day of the January transfer window and rumours whether warm or wildly inaccurate are in short supply.
From an internet scroll only Wigan have been active making three signings, but most clubs have been quiet.
Please click for moreTaking point 🗣️
Back at it tomorrow, and with two games in a space of a few days I hope we can get ourselves moving away from the melancholy position of mid-table (not downwards 😣).
Please click for moreSorry, it’s been a long week.
A no brainer this one and long in the pipeline, Dan Potts(y) signed a short term contract today until January. The 30-year old is a left sided centre-half.
Please click for moreIf you did a heat map of my Blog then the name of Scott Fraser would be in a bright red bubble during these last few months, yet the last time he started a game for Charlton was that dreadful performance at Leyton Orient on Boxing Day.
As expected it was announced early this morning that the 29-year old Scot has left the club by mutual consent.
Please click for moreI don’t know if there has ever been a transfer deadline day where we haven’t seen one player leave or join.
I’m not knocking it as it was such a pleasant change to do our business early, seven of the nine new signings joining the pre-season tour that began on July 7th.
Please click for moreWhat are we going to see today?
Will it be a “super duper phone” day punctuated by loads of fattening snacks? I’m not sure Will Abbott would approve of that. Or will the day pass without any deadline Charlton moves?
Please click for moreThe final week of the summer transfer window started well for Nathan Jones as his old compatriot Allan Campbell signed from Luton Town on loan for the season.
Campbell played 43 times in Luton’s promotion to the Premier League, which was began by Jones and finished off by Rob Edwards two season’s ago.
Please click for moreI’ve written about Kaheim Dixon already (here and here), but today the club announced his signing subject to a few final pieces of his work permit to finalized.
Dixon has signed a 4-year contract and will wear the number 13.
Please click for moreSo, that is one off the wage bill, although Lucas Ness’ pay was not in the same bracket as Scott Fraser.
I am pleased Ness has got his move, and Notts County are a good club.
Please click for moreA few weeks back word came out that 19-year old Jamaican international Kaheim Dixon was expected to sign with the Addicks.
Since then he has been training with the team, but the club have been waiting on a work-permit, but it’s understood that has been sorted and Dixon may be announced as early as tomorrow.
Please click for moreSigned just over a year ago, Terry Taylor has started just two games for the Addicks and looks unlikely to add to them.
Not included in the Carabao Cup squad, Taylor has been added to the list of players that Nathan Jones is content to move on to create headroom for new signings before the month is out.
Please click for moreA mate messaged our chat after 15 minutes. He couldn’t follow the game and asked how we were looking. I told him I’d report back after a further 45 and 3/4 games.
It’s impossible to judge based on one game, but still first impressions count, and it’s hard not to draw some early reflections and assumptions.
Please click for moreHardly surprising that a player that has played 250 Premier League games and more recently sat on the bench for expensively compiled squads earns a lot more than the rest of the Charlton payroll.
The only surprise is how long it took to get to that summation, but the Asmir Begovic to Charlton deal is off.
Please click for moreIt’s a shame that Portsmouth got promoted, we are going to miss those six points this season.
It sounded like a far more promising exhibition today at The Valley, leaving Addicks in a far happier state of mind. Friendlies can bring a lot of misleading expectations, good and bad, but the final one has a lot more forward-looking importance attached to it.
Please click for moreAs socialized yesterday, after passing a medical Harry Isted has moved to Burton Albion for an undisclosed fee.
Isted played 23 games for the Addicks after joining from Luton last summer, although more recognizable for his loan spell at Barnsley.
Please click for morePossibly.
It seems at least that Harry Isted is leaving for Burton Albion on a permanent transfer.
Please click for moreIt’s been very quiet on the transfer front, not even a sniff of a rumour. That was until today.
19-year old Jamaican international Kaheim Dixon is expected to sign with the Addicks. The lightning fast right winger made his Jamaica debut in a Nations League match against the USA in March and has been a regular since playing through their World Cup qualifying and in the recent COPA America finals.
Please click for moreBy this time in 2011 Chris Powell had signed 12 new players. As a reminder they were John Sullivan, Bradley Pritchard, Cedric Evina, Paul Hayes, Dale Stephens, Danny Green, Nick Pope, Ruben Bover Izquierdo, Rhoys Wiggins, Danny Hollands, Michael Morrison and Matt Taylor.
There were 19 in total by the time Powell signed free agent Yann Kemorgant in September after the window shut. The rest as they say is history
Please click for moreThe first of the obvious surplus to requirements loan out yesterday.
Aaron Henry has secured a season-long loan at National League side Rochdale. There is a January break clause.
Please click for moreSo at least that saga is over.
Today George Dobson signed on a free for Wrexham on a two-year contract and he will join them on their Hollywood spin around the U.S.A on their pre-season tour in a couple of weeks.
Please click for moreOut of the blue this one. 27-year old Greg Docherty signs from Hull City on a three-year contract with a club option of a further 12 months (more).
Another Scotsman to join the ranks, Docherty played 90 games in the Championship in Hull’s last three seasons and before that was a key figure in Hull’s title winning promotion from League One in the ‘Covid season.’
Please click for moreWe ain’t spending a £1 million on anyone. You pay for potential, you pay for value, you pay for possibilities.
The whole cost of transfer of football players is so flawed these days and fees are made up of a myriad of things, but we ain’t paying a £1 million.
Please click for moreWord reaches us from Székesfehérvár that George Dobson and his family won’t be leaving their Chigwell home and moving to the historical central Hungarian region after all.
It was strange that Fehérvár hadn’t announced Dobson’s signing once his Charlton one expired, especially as they had made quite a big deal out of it in January, but it turns out the ‘binding pre-contract’ has been annulled.
Please click for moreI’m sure we will rue comparing Matt Godden with Alfie May, so I will try not too.
33 years old in a few weeks, Coventry striker Matt Godden has signed a two-year contract with a club option of a further year. He passed a medical today and is expected to be unveiled tomorrow.
Please click for moreThe video was unexpected. Alfie does appear genuinely upset. Fair play for the message, but at least we can now move on. The whole affair had taken over the pre-season, and I think in the majority of most fan’s minds set a negative mindset.
May joins Birmingham City for what is said to be £775,000 plus add-ons, and supposedly according the Nathan Jones, the fee will be reinvested in this window, although Cheltenham will get a cut.
Please click for moreI think the writing is on the wall with regard to Alfie. There’s rarely any smoke without fire and between Huddersfield having money to spend and Nathan Jones’ word gymnastics I am pretty convinced last season’s L1 top scorer has played his last game in a Charlton shirt.
Please click for moreThis deal was done last week, but got delayed due to the tragic sudden passing of Millwall ‘keeper Matija Sarkic.
Alex Mitchell has signed a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee, with the Lions adding a large sell on as part of the deal.
Please click for moreA little known fact is that Dunfermline is twinned with Sarasota. That is my only insight on Josh, who today signed a 4-year contract with Charlton reported to be for a five-figure sum.
The 24-year old has 220 games under his belt and was in the Scottish L1 team two seasons ago, the year Dunfermline won promotion, and again in the Scottish Championship team of the year for this past season.
Please click for moreI put Luke Berry and Charlton together after Luton announced their end of season release list and today that became a reality when the midfielder signed on a two-year contract (with a year’s option).
Berry is a signing to raise the eyebrows, and I would have expected him to have had plenty of offers from higher placed teams, particulary in the south-east, but has chosen the Addicks purely down to his relationship with Nathan Jones.
Please click for moreThere’s been lots of chatter about Alfie May since the season ended. One half of the camp are ‘he is definitely going,’ the other half ‘of course he’s not.’
No one really knows of course, probably not even Alfie, who on the back of a golden-boot winning season must have expected to just rest-up and get all fired up to start a new season.
Please click for moreThe first of the unwantables has left the club. Signed two years ago, we never saw anything like the best of the deep-lying midfielder who had played over 200 games before he joined us.
McGrandles leaves us after playing just 19 times in two seasons.
Please click for moreThe Addicks announced their first summer signing today. No surprises in that it was goalkeeper Will Mannion, who will join once his Cambridge United contract expires at the end of this month.
Mannion finished the season as Cambridge’s number one, but his career, which matches many goalies, has been stop, start.
Please click for moreBoth Ashley Maynard Brewer and Harry Isted are under contact, AMB until 2026 and Isted until 2025 yet it seems that Nathan Jones does not have them in his go forward plans.
Jones looks to be actively seeking goalkeepers in the market, and not just one but two.
Please click for moreSounding as if there is some early transfer activity planned by the Addicks when the window opens on June 14th. This is exactly what Nathan Jones has hoped for.
Three players have been linked in the last day or two. Luke Berry, goalkeeper Will Mannion and Josh Edwards.
Please click for moreI had been keeping an eye on when Luton Town‘s issue their released list, and it came out today.
It made sense in the law of putting two and two together to see if it threw up any obvious Nathan Jones’ previous connections.
Please click for moreCharlton have issued the names of players that will leave and stay for next season.
The only player offered a new deal was Tyreece Campbell, who has signed a new unknown length contract.
Please click for moreThe conversation on whether George Dobson will stay or leave in the summer has got louder and louder these past few weeks. There are over 3,300 comments on the Charlton Life Forum, and Nathan Jones spent the bulk of his post game chat throwing the club’s decision makers under the bus whilst singing George’s praises.
The people that matter – those that were witness to the deal in the first place including Fehérvár, George’s agent, Andy Scott and George himself have been pretty silent on the matter.
Please click for moreNathan Joines confirmed yesterday that once Kazenga LuaLua resolves his contract issues with Greek club Levadiakos then he will sign with the Addicks until the end of the season.
Fitness doesn’t sound a problem: “He’s one of those physical phenomenons that you could chuck him on the moon for a year and he’d come back and be able to be potent for a certain amount of minutes,” Jones said yesterday.
Please click for moreMy first thoughts are that is probably Chuks done for the season or at least a big chunk of what is left.
I can’t see what other reason we’d sign Connor Wickham although he apparently has been training with the club for the past two weeks.
Please click for moreMore farce down at Charlton today played out for all to see.
George Dobson was about to jump on a plane in the morning to have a medical, sign his contract and have his photo taken as Hungarian side Fehervar’s new transfer deadline signing.
Please click for moreIt’s always sad to see an academy player move on, but I am truly excited for Deji Elerewe, who today signed a permanent deal with Bromley. The club and player know each other well and Deji moved for an undisclosed fee with a sell-on clause.
As part of the deal, Charlton have a first refusal clause, meaning the club will be made aware, and can match, any offers that come in for him in the future.
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