Summer Window 2026 - Rumours and Discussion

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killerandflash said:

I'm at  Stansted, so keeping an eye out for anyone who looks like a footballer.

I’ve covered Stansted from 8am to 10am, so glad you carried on the good work 😂

jose

His arms have gone.

Callumcafc

I would’ve gone up to £2m at a push for Clarke. Three and a half is crazy.

Elthamaddick

fenaddick said:

That deal puts into perspective TC’s value. Both have one year left, TC is three years younger, has a better injury record, a similar amount of appearances (Clarke has more in the Championship but also more in L2) and is an international player

get what you're saying but I bet IF TC goes, it's for an 'undisclosed' fee of c£2m

wolfgang

Garrymanilow said:

So what’s everyone doing with their last half an hour of TC? I’m spending it with family 

I am spending it alone, meditating.

cafc-4-life

Elthamaddick said:

fenaddick said:

That deal puts into perspective TC’s value. Both have one year left, TC is three years younger, has a better injury record, a similar amount of appearances (Clarke has more in the Championship but also more in L2) and is an international player

get what you're saying but I bet IF TC goes, it's for an 'undisclosed' fee of c£2m

They'll use the money that they just got for that player who forced himself out. Prob want a TC and Small wingback situation in the Champ.

fenaddick

Elthamaddick said:

fenaddick said:

That deal puts into perspective TC’s value. Both have one year left, TC is three years younger, has a better injury record, a similar amount of appearances (Clarke has more in the Championship but also more in L2) and is an international player

get what you're saying but I bet IF TC goes, it's for an 'undisclosed' fee of c£2m

If he goes for that low in this market then Jim Rodwell might need to start looking for a new job. If you have Clarke going for £3.5m, Alli £1.5m, Brooks £8m and Kamara £3m ish then you need to be getting around £3-4m for TC. 

Yann897

fenaddick said:

Elthamaddick said:

fenaddick said:

That deal puts into perspective TC’s value. Both have one year left, TC is three years younger, has a better injury record, a similar amount of appearances (Clarke has more in the Championship but also more in L2) and is an international player

get what you're saying but I bet IF TC goes, it's for an 'undisclosed' fee of c£2m

If he goes for that low in this market then Jim Rodwell might need to start looking for a new job. If you have Clarke going for £3.5m, Alli £1.5m, Brooks £8m and Kamara £3m ish then you need to be getting around £3-4m for TC. 

I’d bite your hand off for that, we have two left wingers as it is. Re invest for a right winger and a couple centre mids and it makes us more balanced anyway.

wolfgang

sam3110 said:

If you told everyone we'd go from:

TC
Fevrier
Olaofe
Apter

To

Grant
Alli
Apter
Kamara/JRS/someone else

From the end of last season to the start of this, would you have taken it?

On paper, it's stronger and more balanced, and more suited to the shape we seem to be moving to.

Need that final winger to be a good addition though

No. Alli and Apter won't cut it at Championship level; too frail. We have already missed out on Kamara. JRS might work in the right formation, but there is a way to go before we sign him. We are not favourites to do so. 

And it is not a given that we will be playing with two wingers for long. NJ has been experimenting with it in our PSFs, and the results have been bloody awful. Two months of league defeats and NJ will be forced to return to what he understands best: 5-3-2 and hoofball.

king addick

I'm not worried if TC goes or stays. Found him inconsistent last season but also called for him to be played as a winger so was happy he might have that chance. 

Alfie May left and bed wetting was rife but we did okay I'd say.

Players come and go. Simple as that. 

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fenaddick

Yann897 said:

fenaddick said:

Elthamaddick said:

fenaddick said:

That deal puts into perspective TC’s value. Both have one year left, TC is three years younger, has a better injury record, a similar amount of appearances (Clarke has more in the Championship but also more in L2) and is an international player

get what you're saying but I bet IF TC goes, it's for an 'undisclosed' fee of c£2m

If he goes for that low in this market then Jim Rodwell might need to start looking for a new job. If you have Clarke going for £3.5m, Alli £1.5m, Brooks £8m and Kamara £3m ish then you need to be getting around £3-4m for TC. 

I’d bite your hand off for that, we have two left wingers as it is. Re invest for a right winger and a couple centre mids and it makes us more balanced anyway.

You can’t sell off one of your best assets for cheap because you need to invest elsewhere, that’s how you continually get shafted in deals

ElfsborgAddick

TheSE7 said:

Garrymanilow said:

So what’s everyone doing with their last half an hour of TC? I’m spending it with family 

I’ve just watched a compilation of all of TC’s goals for Charlton. It was a very short video, mind.

And that was with replaying the goals.

J BLOCK

Laddick01 said:

If we sell TC we then need 2 wingers, and both need pace. We can’t just go into the season with Apter as our RM and Alli as our only pacey threat. 

KG can do a good job across the line but he’ll then get burnt out. 

We still have time to do business but with 12 days til Derby I’m starting to get a bit shaky.

Add two centre mids to the list too 

Crispywood

Harry Clarke signing for Stoke wait for it…. 3.5M 

Now valuing TC at 6M 

J BLOCK

ct_addick

Think Stoke have overpaid there….no way was he worth £3.5 million

Brownie12

Crispywood said:

Harry Clarke signing for Stoke wait for it…. 3.5M 

Now valuing TC at 6M 

Let’s hope Stoke are as well. 

killerandflash

NabySarr said:

Harry Clarke off to Stoke for £3.5m. Think that’s quite a lot of money for him tbh 

Finally,  a proper replacement for Rory Delap's long throws.

TheAddicks4Ever

ct_addick said:

Think Stoke have overpaid there….no way was he worth £3.5 million

Am I the only one who thinks that’s a good deal he has so much potential- he is a leader and will give everything for the team - he’s has the potential he just needs to play week in week out - I can’t believe we weren’t in for him 

fenaddick

TheAddicks4Ever said:

ct_addick said:

Think Stoke have overpaid there….no way was he worth £3.5 million

Am I the only one who thinks that’s a good deal he has so much potential- he is a leader and will give everything for the team - he’s has the potential he just needs to play week in week out - I can’t believe we weren’t in for him 

Yes

TheAddicks4Ever

So your telling me Apter was worth £3m ???

Danny Addick

Harry Clarke was fine. He did an average championship job for us in a season where we lacked championship quality. But 3.5m?! Mental to me. 

Gisappointed

TC is much quicker than Grant or Alli. In fact I'm surprised there are two faster players in EFL. Perhaps they didnt need to track back so much or get trebled up upon. 

I think Grant is our best lone striker and should only be LW in an emergency.

Yann897

fenaddick said:

Yann897 said:

fenaddick said:

Elthamaddick said:

fenaddick said:

That deal puts into perspective TC’s value. Both have one year left, TC is three years younger, has a better injury record, a similar amount of appearances (Clarke has more in the Championship but also more in L2) and is an international player

get what you're saying but I bet IF TC goes, it's for an 'undisclosed' fee of c£2m

If he goes for that low in this market then Jim Rodwell might need to start looking for a new job. If you have Clarke going for £3.5m, Alli £1.5m, Brooks £8m and Kamara £3m ish then you need to be getting around £3-4m for TC. 

I’d bite your hand off for that, we have two left wingers as it is. Re invest for a right winger and a couple centre mids and it makes us more balanced anyway.

You can’t sell off one of your best assets for cheap because you need to invest elsewhere, that’s how you continually get shafted in deals

You think 3/4 million is cheap for tc ? That would be a great price for a position we already have two players in, use the money for else where for a more balanced squad. 

YannTheMann

fenaddick said:

TheAddicks4Ever said:

ct_addick said:

Think Stoke have overpaid there….no way was he worth £3.5 million

Am I the only one who thinks that’s a good deal he has so much potential- he is a leader and will give everything for the team - he’s has the potential he just needs to play week in week out - I can’t believe we weren’t in for him 

Yes

Hey! Ipswich think it's great too 

Pelling1993

TheAddicks4Ever said:

So your telling me Apter was worth £3m ???

Apter was 22 when we signed him not 25 and wingers will always cost more than fullbacks. Not saying he is worth £3m but Apter's ceiling is much higher. Think he will go on to have a good career, whether its with us i'm not so sure.

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killerandflash

Pudds said:

Like him or loath him, TC, like Godden and Lloyd Jones been carrying this team the past few seasons. He has been used out of position repeatedly, as our only attacking threat was often doubled up on, and without his threat we would have been relegated last season.

Even with our additions this season, I think he is likely one of our best value for money assets in the building. Commanding a modest salary compared to his value and output, as haphazard as it can be.

If we did sell him, I very much doubt that it would generate the level of fee that would be commensurate with the value he holds for us, especially when you consider hat to replace him would cost significantly more in both fee and salary, stretching our budget even further.

I hope he stays, regardless of signing a new deal, as I think losing him on a free less summer would actually be less expensive than replacing him this season. If he does sign a new deal, I hope its because he has the assurances that he will get gametime in his preferred position and the opportunity to show what he can do when there is more than one threat on the pitch for the opposition to mark.

Regardless, I expect him to prove the doubters wrong and go on to have an excellent career.

With Grant and Alli, we've replaced TC already.

We need a right winger, but we needed one anyway.

No offence to Preston,  but a move there is basically a sideways one, which reflects his level,  which is a lower Championship winger. 

Garrymanilow

Yann897 said:

fenaddick said:

Elthamaddick said:

fenaddick said:

That deal puts into perspective TC’s value. Both have one year left, TC is three years younger, has a better injury record, a similar amount of appearances (Clarke has more in the Championship but also more in L2) and is an international player

get what you're saying but I bet IF TC goes, it's for an 'undisclosed' fee of c£2m

If he goes for that low in this market then Jim Rodwell might need to start looking for a new job. If you have Clarke going for £3.5m, Alli £1.5m, Brooks £8m and Kamara £3m ish then you need to be getting around £3-4m for TC. 

I’d bite your hand off for that, we have two left wingers as it is. Re invest for a right winger and a couple centre mids and it makes us more balanced anyway.

I'd bite your hand off for £45. That's nothing to do with TC, I'm just an extremely violent person