The powers that were/be hadn't offered him a contract at the right moment and that gave him freedom to make a choice, which he has made.
Diego leaving is a massive disappointment, but he has not acted in an underhand way, he is tempted by the possibilities that have opened up to him which seem more appealing than staying at a club who's footballing future is rather uncertain. If Diego stays it would be as much a step into the unknown for him as a new challenge is going to be.
I wish him the very best of luck myself and am intrigued regarding his future.
Ordinarily the loss of a big transfer fee would be one of the biggest downsides for me in all this, although we will indeed get something. However the money aspect of things seem to have a surreal quality at Charlton. If we have paid something like 3.5 million for Igor and Polish Pete, but also grab freebies like Cumberbatch and Ansah, get people in on short term contracts like Yoni and Bob himself, yet offer unusually lengthy ones to Igor, and Reza and the aforementioned PP, and also plod the traditional route with Jacko and Morro, all of that kind of stuff distances me from thinking too much about how it is being paid for. In that context 600k or 6million for Diego leaves me shrugging and a little bewildered.
On the plus side we could all see that playing Cousins on the right was awkward last season, and Jordan is now challenged to occupy the Poyet role which he was doing anyway before Poyet burst onto the scene. We have Wilson on the right flank now which is fair enough, but maybe not creative enough. Jacko will also soldier on in midfield and may be our most creative player if Yoni is simply the engine he says he is. We certainly need a bit more in midfield, wide players, and some creativity in the middle (unless I read Yoni wrongly).
Adios Diego though, I am one supporter who values your contribution and wish you well.
Let him go! If he doesn`t want to play for Charlton, if he thinks he`s too good to play for Charlton f**k him! We have been through a lot worse than this over the years and we will survive and prosper with or without him. Players come and go but CAFC is forever! Goodbye Diego, pack your bag and f-off!
Let him go! If he doesn`t want to play for Charlton, if he thinks he`s too good to play for Charlton f**k him! We have been through a lot worse than this over the years and we will survive and prosper with or without him. Players come and go but CAFC is forever! Goodbye Diego, pack your bag and f-off!
The people so emotionally scarred by all this, were you all this upset when we released Ade Azeez. Same age, been brought through the academy. Or is he easier to get over because hes not worth as much money???
The old 'no loyalty in football' gets trotted out when a player leaves, but there's just as much loyalty as there is guarantee. In no way can Poyet be blamed for living for the moment.
The difference between him and Parker is that a bigger. club came sniffing while he was contracted to us, and he made it evidently clear half way through a season that he wanted to piss off.
Absolutely spot on!
The club let quite a few young players go just a few weeks ago. We all wished them well as far as I can remember and there was none of the bile being spouted here and on twitter.
Our previous owners didn't have the wit or wisdom to sign him up on a long contract, so until a few months ago how do you think the lad felt about his own prospects at Charlton? He wasn't in the team, squad and was going to be left on the scrapheap in the summer.
Loyalty in football comes 99% from us, the fans, with notable exceptions of dedicated workers and volunteers particularly at clubs outside the Premiership.
There are, sadly, few players and managers who show that same loyalty. But why should they when owners of clubs show none of that loyalty to them. From what I can remember, Diego was the only player to break ranks and tweet his thanks to first Chris Powell and then Jose Riga, when both lost their jobs.
I saw that as a sign of a very humble and polite young man who was acknowledging his thanks to his managers.
His contract with Charlton is now over and he moves on as easily as we released those other players a few weeks ago.
I am delighted to have seen the games he played for us. I think he is a very special talent and I wish him all the best for the future. I wish a little more of it had been with us, but I won't wish him anything but the best.
What annoys me the most about Poyet is that he could sign say a 4 year contract with us, play a couple of seasons, get 100 appearances behind him & still only be 21, he could then make the next step with a different club if we haven't progressed, and we would get a good fee for him. So everyone would win!
Bloody hell what shit news to come home to. Absolutely gutted, this boy is going to be a superstar and it's a shame we haven't seen him to his full potential yet. Good luck Diego really hope you have a fantastic career at the top, but if you chase the pound note and sit in the reserves for some crap club like Chelsea for the next few years then it's your own fault and I hope you never fulfill your true potential like that twat Scott Parker
The people so emotionally scarred by all this, were you all this upset when we released Ade Azeez. Same age, been brought through the academy. Or is he easier to get over because hes not worth as much money???
The old 'no loyalty in football' gets trotted out when a player leaves, but there's just as much loyalty as there is guarantee. In no way can Poyet be blamed for living for the moment.
The difference between him and Parker is that a bigger. club came sniffing while he was contracted to us, and he made it evidently clear half way through a season that he wanted to piss off.
Long winded way of saying I think Poyet did owe us a contract so we could get a 'return on our investment', I think all youth players do (unless we are really taking the piss).
As I posted earlier, Poyet signed his first contract and he has seen it out, he certainly did not owe us two.
Am I being thick or are you contradicting yourself ?
Eight years at our Academy. Wonder how much it ended up costing us, not to mention the Valley Gold contributors, to turn young Diego into a millionaire?
I do keep forgetting that Poyet single handedly saved us from relegation last season. Must have imagined Jose Riga and actual goals from Cousins, Reza, Jackson, Harriott and Sordell.
All wanted to leave, or we did not try hard enough, or players not happy with what has been going on behind the scenes?
I think it is a crime that only Morrison signed, and even if we do not struggle this season I will still think that all five should not have been allowed to leave.
truly, is buyens a slot-in replacement, style-wise?
Apparently so: a defensive midfielder. Our agent in Belgium, who posts as 'byl', says Buyens is fairly solid but doesn't pull up any trees.
I am preparing a report from the Trust's Belgian journo/Standard fan contact which I got today. Includes some very positive words about Buyens, but also contradicts the description of "defensive" midfielder. Report should be up by tomorrow, and contains quite a few interesting insights
All wanted to leave, or we did not try hard enough, or players not happy with what has been going on behind the scenes?
I think it is a crime that only Morrison signed, and even if we do not struggle this season I will still think that all five should not have been allowed to leave.
Could have kept kermogant and Hamer the rest were always going to leave.
Wanky, classless from him. He can go fuck himself rotten in the turgid cesspool of a top tier teams reserves. We all knew he wouldn't be with us long. He could and should have signed a contract if for nothing else than to repay a bit of faith knowing him leaving would boost the clubs security a bit. Like Jonjo did.
I'm sick of the analogies comparing this sort of behaviour to a normal workplace. It is not comparable and I don't need to explain why.
Poyet has signed / is signing for Chelsea according to a few rumours on Twitter. Could he have made a worse decision if that's true? Even De Bruyne can't get a game there and they've just signed Fabregas.
All wanted to leave, or we did not try hard enough, or players not happy with what has been going on behind the scenes?
I think it is a crime that only Morrison signed, and even if we do not struggle this season I will still think that all five should not have been allowed to leave.
What are you suggesting ? Thier contracts were ending. It would be illegal to prevent them from leaving.
Wasn't the first, won't be the last. It's the way this game is now, more than ever.
Who could expect a 19 year old kid to make the best decision for himself - just look at the range of advice on here. It must be his professional advisers who should have his best career prospects in mind, which IMHO would have been served best by giving us another half or even full season. No-one knows what he's really capable of. Aside from getting the game time with us, we would have shown him that rarest of gifts in football - the gift of patience. We would have seen him through losses of form and if he lost his place through injury or suspension it wouldn't have seen him dumped back in obscurity. No such luck in the big outside world - unless the player is supremely talented or very very lucky, pro football is a giant lottery. Well, exciting times for you, son, but someone's gambling with your future. Hope he doesn't let you down - 20 games haven't (yet) made you a star, only a free agent.
For CAFC this is collateral damage from the previous regime. It's unlikely to happen again.
Hahahah Gone to Chelsea Apparently , Will earn big but in a few years will be Just another nobody, No way is he better than Chalobah or Piazon, Even Thorgan Hazard cant get a game, Waste of talent...
All wanted to leave, or we did not try hard enough, or players not happy with what has been going on behind the scenes?
I think it is a crime that only Morrison signed, and even if we do not struggle this season I will still think that all five should not have been allowed to leave.
Could have kept kermogant and Hamer the rest were always going to leave.
That is fair enough, was not expecting them all to stay.
All wanted to leave, or we did not try hard enough, or players not happy with what has been going on behind the scenes?
I think it is a crime that only Morrison signed, and even if we do not struggle this season I will still think that all five should not have been allowed to leave.
What are you suggesting ? Thier contracts were ending. It would be illegal to prevent them from leaving.
Not suprised he's gone. Could blame Jimenez and the illuminati for not getting him on a longer contract earlier but I can't be bothered. If the nob heads had actually signed a few players then Diego would probably would have a big fat zero in the games played column.
Honestly think it's best for both parties that he's jacked. Time to move on.
Not surprised he has gone but left with a sick feeling by how he has gone about it.When I calm down no doubt i will see it differently but I hope he rots in his Premiership reserve team of choice!
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The powers that were/be hadn't offered him a contract at the right moment and that gave him freedom to make a choice, which he has made.
Diego leaving is a massive disappointment, but he has not acted in an underhand way, he is tempted by the possibilities that have opened up to him which seem more appealing than staying at a club who's footballing future is rather uncertain. If Diego stays it would be as much a step into the unknown for him as a new challenge is going to be.
I wish him the very best of luck myself and am intrigued regarding his future.
Ordinarily the loss of a big transfer fee would be one of the biggest downsides for me in all this, although we will indeed get something. However the money aspect of things seem to have a surreal quality at Charlton. If we have paid something like 3.5 million for Igor and Polish Pete, but also grab freebies like Cumberbatch and Ansah, get people in on short term contracts like Yoni and Bob himself, yet offer unusually lengthy ones to Igor, and Reza and the aforementioned PP, and also plod the traditional route with Jacko and Morro, all of that kind of stuff distances me from thinking too much about how it is being paid for. In that context 600k or 6million for Diego leaves me shrugging and a little bewildered.
On the plus side we could all see that playing Cousins on the right was awkward last season, and Jordan is now challenged to occupy the Poyet role which he was doing anyway before Poyet burst onto the scene. We have Wilson on the right flank now which is fair enough, but maybe not creative enough. Jacko will also soldier on in midfield and may be our most creative player if Yoni is simply the engine he says he is. We certainly need a bit more in midfield, wide players, and some creativity in the middle (unless I read Yoni wrongly).
Adios Diego though, I am one supporter who values your contribution and wish you well.
The club let quite a few young players go just a few weeks ago. We all wished them well as far as I can remember and there was none of the bile being spouted here and on twitter.
Our previous owners didn't have the wit or wisdom to sign him up on a long contract, so until a few months ago how do you think the lad felt about his own prospects at Charlton? He wasn't in the team, squad and was going to be left on the scrapheap in the summer.
Loyalty in football comes 99% from us, the fans, with notable exceptions of dedicated workers and volunteers particularly at clubs outside the Premiership.
There are, sadly, few players and managers who show that same loyalty. But why should they when owners of clubs show none of that loyalty to them. From what I can remember, Diego was the only player to break ranks and tweet his thanks to first Chris Powell and then Jose Riga, when both lost their jobs.
I saw that as a sign of a very humble and polite young man who was acknowledging his thanks to his managers.
His contract with Charlton is now over and he moves on as easily as we released those other players a few weeks ago.
I am delighted to have seen the games he played for us. I think he is a very special talent and I wish him all the best for the future. I wish a little more of it had been with us, but I won't wish him anything but the best.
Powell out.
All wanted to leave, or we did not try hard enough, or players not happy with what has been going on behind the scenes?
I think it is a crime that only Morrison signed, and even if we do not struggle this season I will still think that all five should not have been allowed to leave.
I'm sick of the analogies comparing this sort of behaviour to a normal workplace. It is not comparable and I don't need to explain why.
Fucking little scroate.
Arsenal, City, Derby and Spurs also linked.
Wasn't the first, won't be the last. It's the way this game is now, more than ever.
Who could expect a 19 year old kid to make the best decision for himself - just look at the range of advice on here. It must be his professional advisers who should have his best career prospects in mind, which IMHO would have been served best by giving us another half or even full season. No-one knows what he's really capable of. Aside from getting the game time with us, we would have shown him that rarest of gifts in football - the gift of patience. We would have seen him through losses of form and if he lost his place through injury or suspension it wouldn't have seen him dumped back in obscurity. No such luck in the big outside world - unless the player is supremely talented or very very lucky, pro football is a giant lottery. Well, exciting times for you, son, but someone's gambling with your future. Hope he doesn't let you down - 20 games haven't (yet) made you a star, only a free agent.
For CAFC this is collateral damage from the previous regime. It's unlikely to happen again.
Honestly think it's best for both parties that he's jacked. Time to move on.