From a Charlton point of view, I hope he stays. A small part of me wants this to be true so that Roland misses out on a development fee
There's only a development fee if the club offer Grant an improved contract.
And its a transfer to an "English" club, or the 3 or 4 Welsh clubs in the English system. I thinks it telling that the only to rumours of our players leaving are young ones to "foreign" clubs. Where we wouldn't even get a development fee, sounds like agents stiring the pot and trying to flush out either a better contract or interest at home. Remember Grant and Aribo can sign pre contracts abroad but not at home.
From a Charlton point of view, I hope he stays. A small part of me wants this to be true so that Roland misses out on a development fee
There's only a development fee if the club offer Grant an improved contract.
And its a transfer to an "English" club, or the 3 or 4 Welsh clubs in the English system. I thinks it telling that the only to rumours of our players leaving are young ones to "foreign" clubs. Where we wouldn't even get a development fee, sounds like agents stiring the pot and trying to flush out either a better contract or interest at home. Remember Grant and Aribo can sign pre contracts abroad but not at home.
Although as the Scottish FA is considered "abroad", Grant could sign a pre-contract at Rangers, and no development fee to be paid in the summer, right .... ?
In that case, Roland can only get any form of payment, if Rangers buy him now.
Let’s face it. If Rangers want Grant and Charlton are willing to accept their offer then he’s going to go. The fee will be the key.
It would be a free transfer, no fee needed.
No it wouldn’t. He’s under contract so at present commands a fee. Free agent in the summer so he can do whatever he likes.
The article talks about a pre-contract agreement, which he can signed today.
Rangers want to sign Charlton striker Karlan Ahearne-Grant - according to reports.
The frontman has bagged 13 goals for the Addicks this term but is out of contract at the end of the season.
And now the Scottish Sun report Steven Gerrard is keen on signing the 21-year-old on a pre-contract agreement as a long-term replacement for Alfredo Morelos.
Let’s face it. If Rangers want Grant and Charlton are willing to accept their offer then he’s going to go. The fee will be the key.
It would be a free transfer, no fee needed.
No it wouldn’t. He’s under contract so at present commands a fee. Free agent in the summer so he can do whatever he likes.
The article talks about a pre-contract agreement, which he can signed today.
Rangers want to sign Charlton striker Karlan Ahearne-Grant - according to reports.
The frontman has bagged 13 goals for the Addicks this term but is out of contract at the end of the season.
And now the Scottish Sun report Steven Gerrard is keen on signing the 21-year-old on a pre-contract agreement as a long-term replacement for Alfredo Morelos.
Grant is a cheap risk for them compared to sheĺling out a transfer fee. If he works out they can sell him for an inflated fee - I doubt the contract they need to offer him will be that high.
I’d be very surprised to see Grant going anywhere. There’s more to him than people would know, he has all his family in the area, he lives very close and have heard he is apparently very settled. There’s no way he’d be going in this window if he were to leave.
People honestly panic too much. Yes we know what Roland is like, but right now I am not worried.
If Grant signs for Rangers this month , that's the end of his 1st team football this season.
He'll have plenty of choices in the summer if he scores 20 goals here first.
Agreed - you would hope that now he has kick started his career he would want to carry that on and not go and warm the bench elsewhere.
If he is hell bent on going, I hope he signs a pre contract deal with Rangers and stays here for the rest of the season - which is no real difference to having somebody on loan.
Lee Bowyer is confident that Charlton Athletic owner Roland Duchatelet will not sell Patrick Bauer in this month’s January transfer window.
The German centre-back was the subject of an official bid by Blackburn Rovers in the summer – but the Championship club did not go high enough to tempt the Belgian businessman into a deal.
Bauer has shown no interest in re-signing for the Addicks and this window is the final chance for them to cash in.
Duchatelet does have previous for selling a top talent in January. Twelve months ago he offloaded Ricky Holmes to Sheffield United – although the winger was also desperate to make the switch as the club’s push for an automatic promotion spot had pretty much disappeared.
Asked if Bauer could be sold, Bowyer said: “I’m confident that won’t happen.
“But if somebody comes in and offered a silly amount for Pat Bauer then I wouldn’t expect the owner not to say yes.
“If a team comes in with a £2million bid for Pat Bauer then he is going to go. But the likelihood of that happening is very, very slim.
IFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF - some actual rumours please people
You'll have to read The Sun if you want rumours and made up sh*t
No thank you! used to lol but dont read any newspapers, probably get more news through CL than anything else.
I saw it was a rumour / confirmed, but we have spent pages discussing his possible departure and seems a bit dragged out. Clearly there is nothing new at present and worrying we might lose him.
I think there is almost zero chance of Grant going to Scotland, he won't want to go and live up there. He likes the 'London life'.
More likely that he'll go on a free in the summer to another London/south championship club. Brentford or dare I say it Millwall. Even Fulham if they come back down.
Unfortunately whatever division we are in next year the way it's looking the manager will have a blank sheet of paper to start with. Very few if any of those out of contract will be loyal, money talks and they'll all be off.
Lee Bowyer is confident that Charlton Athletic owner Roland Duchatelet will not sell Patrick Bauer in this month’s January transfer window.
The German centre-back was the subject of an official bid by Blackburn Rovers in the summer – but the Championship club did not go high enough to tempt the Belgian businessman into a deal.
Bauer has shown no interest in re-signing for the Addicks and this window is the final chance for them to cash in.
Duchatelet does have previous for selling a top talent in January. Twelve months ago he offloaded Ricky Holmes to Sheffield United – although the winger was also desperate to make the switch as the club’s push for an automatic promotion spot had pretty much disappeared.
Asked if Bauer could be sold, Bowyer said: “I’m confident that won’t happen.
“But if somebody comes in and offered a silly amount for Pat Bauer then I wouldn’t expect the owner not to say yes.
“If a team comes in with a £2million bid for Pat Bauer then he is going to go. But the likelihood of that happening is very, very slim.
I’d be very surprised to see Grant going anywhere. There’s more to him than people would know, he has all his family in the area, he lives very close and have heard he is apparently very settled. There’s no way he’d be going in this window if he were to leave.
People honestly panic too much. Yes we know what Roland is like, but right now I am not worried.
I’m settled in my job My family are all around I live close to the office
What’s that? Quintuple my salary would you??? Where do I sign
Sad truth is money talks and he’s smash the shit out of the SPL
I’d be very surprised to see Grant going anywhere. There’s more to him than people would know, he has all his family in the area, he lives very close and have heard he is apparently very settled. There’s no way he’d be going in this window if he were to leave.
People honestly panic too much. Yes we know what Roland is like, but right now I am not worried.
I’m settled in my job My family are all around I live close to the office
What’s that? Quintuple my salary would you??? Where do I sign
Sad truth is money talks and he’s smash the shit out of the SPL
Yes money does talk and he would smash the SPL, but why would he want to do that now when he could stay and help us get promoted, or if we don’t, he leaves in the summer if he really wanted to leave? There are also more factors to be considered than how much money he will get if he went to Rangers.
When you’re a 21 year old who lives at home, who is close to your brothers and sisters, who has a young nephew, lives in London, is from this area of London, lives extremely close to your workplace, and all of your friends are also around the area, it’s not as straight forward as let’s uproot everything I’ve got here and go and live on my own in Scotland, at a place I’ve never been before.
I’d be very surprised to see Grant going anywhere. There’s more to him than people would know, he has all his family in the area, he lives very close and have heard he is apparently very settled. There’s no way he’d be going in this window if he were to leave.
People honestly panic too much. Yes we know what Roland is like, but right now I am not worried.
I’m settled in my job My family are all around I live close to the office
What’s that? Quintuple my salary would you??? Where do I sign
Sad truth is money talks and he’s smash the shit out of the SPL
Yes money does talk and he would smash the SPL, but why would he want to do that now when he could stay and help us get promoted, or if we don’t, he leaves in the summer if he really wanted to leave? There are also more factors to be considered than how much money he will get if he went to Rangers.
When you’re a 21 year old who lives at home, who is close to your brothers and sisters, who has a young nephew, lives in London, is from this area of London, lives extremely close to your workplace, and all of your friends are also around the area, it’s not as straight forward as let’s uproot everything I’ve got here and go and live on my own in Scotland, at a place I’ve never been before.
I’d be very surprised to see Grant going anywhere. There’s more to him than people would know, he has all his family in the area, he lives very close and have heard he is apparently very settled. There’s no way he’d be going in this window if he were to leave.
People honestly panic too much. Yes we know what Roland is like, but right now I am not worried.
I’m settled in my job My family are all around I live close to the office
What’s that? Quintuple my salary would you??? Where do I sign
Sad truth is money talks and he’s smash the shit out of the SPL
Yes money does talk and he would smash the SPL, but why would he want to do that now when he could stay and help us get promoted, or if we don’t, he leaves in the summer if he really wanted to leave? There are also more factors to be considered than how much money he will get if he went to Rangers.
When you’re a 21 year old who lives at home, who is close to your brothers and sisters, who has a young nephew, lives in London, is from this area of London, lives extremely close to your workplace, and all of your friends are also around the area, it’s not as straight forward as let’s uproot everything I’ve got here and go and live on my own in Scotland, at a place I’ve never been before.
Grant won’t be leaving this window.
What if it was Brentford and not Glasgow?
That’s a different story altogether. Wouldn’t need to move, stays at home and in London, and would already have a good friend at the club in Ezri.
But, I still don’t believe he will leave in this window.
Reeves is an injury waiting to happen, Cullen may not hit the ground running, Lapslie is an accident waiting to happen, I rate Bielik and he's doing a great job but he isn't a natural CM and we may need him as cover at centre back, Clarke is an enigma at this point plus not a centre mid and Williams again although showed glimpses, based on his history can we trust him to play every game this season?
I make that two fit centre mids who can probably play the whole season in Pratley and Bielik. Bielik gets injured then what? He's been our best player by far in that midfield role since Aribo and Cullen's absence
But we have 8 of them (and Dijksteel and Morgan too who have featured this season) so despite "only 2" of them being fit for the whole season, you really believe that the other 8 are not enough for the rest of the season between them?
If so, that's ridiculous, and I for one am glad you are not in charge of recruitment of the squad
Yeah alright pal you tell that to my soccer manager, football manager and FIFA career mode saves.
We play a heavy midfield formation that relies on quick interplay and keeping the ball. We need 4 midfielders a game. Currently we have Pratley as the only (on paper) proven centre mid, that's my point. Yeah the rest could be good and it could work but with injuries it wouldn't hurt to have another centre mid, just like it wouldn't hurt to have decent back up striker. When Juventus played 3 at the back they had 5 or so good centre backs on their books, you have numbers on the books based suited to your play style.
You don't have to be so mean mate, head of recruitment for cafc is my dream job
I'm going to start using that line every time someone questions my ff
Lee Bowyer is confident that Charlton Athletic owner Roland Duchatelet will not sell Patrick Bauer in this month’s January transfer window.
The German centre-back was the subject of an official bid by Blackburn Rovers in the summer – but the Championship club did not go high enough to tempt the Belgian businessman into a deal.
Bauer has shown no interest in re-signing for the Addicks and this window is the final chance for them to cash in.
Duchatelet does have previous for selling a top talent in January. Twelve months ago he offloaded Ricky Holmes to Sheffield United – although the winger was also desperate to make the switch as the club’s push for an automatic promotion spot had pretty much disappeared.
Asked if Bauer could be sold, Bowyer said: “I’m confident that won’t happen.
“But if somebody comes in and offered a silly amount for Pat Bauer then I wouldn’t expect the owner not to say yes.
“If a team comes in with a £2million bid for Pat Bauer then he is going to go. But the likelihood of that happening is very, very slim.
The article talks about "offloading" Ricky Holmes but we all know he wanted away and had a chance to join his old manager and play at the highest level he'd ever played at. For all we can blame Roland for, I don't think Holmes leaving is one of them.
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In that case, Roland can only get any form of payment, if Rangers buy him now.
Grant is a cheap risk for them compared to sheĺling out a transfer fee. If he works out they can sell him for an inflated fee - I doubt the contract they need to offer him will be that high.
He'll have plenty of choices in the summer if he scores 20 goals here first.
People honestly panic too much. Yes we know what Roland is like, but right now I am not worried.
If he is hell bent on going, I hope he signs a pre contract deal with Rangers and stays here for the rest of the season - which is no real difference to having somebody on loan.
The German centre-back was the subject of an official bid by Blackburn Rovers in the summer – but the Championship club did not go high enough to tempt the Belgian businessman into a deal.
Bauer has shown no interest in re-signing for the Addicks and this window is the final chance for them to cash in.
Duchatelet does have previous for selling a top talent in January. Twelve months ago he offloaded Ricky Holmes to Sheffield United – although the winger was also desperate to make the switch as the club’s push for an automatic promotion spot had pretty much disappeared.
Asked if Bauer could be sold, Bowyer said: “I’m confident that won’t happen.
“But if somebody comes in and offered a silly amount for Pat Bauer then I wouldn’t expect the owner not to say yes.
“If a team comes in with a £2million bid for Pat Bauer then he is going to go. But the likelihood of that happening is very, very slim.
“I honestly don’t believe that will happen or that we will let any of our main players go.
https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/addicks-boss-on-star-defenders-future/
I saw it was a rumour / confirmed, but we have spent pages discussing his possible departure and seems a bit dragged out. Clearly there is nothing new at present and worrying we might lose him.
I've not seen it mentioned anywhere Rangers are willing to pay a fee for him.
I can only assume you didn't read the article that started this rumour.
In which case, he could leave on completion.
If true, of course.
More likely that he'll go on a free in the summer to another London/south championship club. Brentford or dare I say it Millwall. Even Fulham if they come back down.
Unfortunately whatever division we are in next year the way it's looking the manager will have a blank sheet of paper to start with. Very few if any of those out of contract will be loyal, money talks and they'll all be off.
As for Bauer, if he had really wanted to go to Blackburn, I'm sure it would have happened. Players can force a move if they really want it
One for @LargeAddick
I'm assuming this was the guy who Gallen said had visited Sparrows Lane back in September 2018 and with whom it seemed he had a good relationship.
Shame if it means we lose that contact but then again we've had Arsenal players on loan before he joined.
Can see them coming in for Reeco
My family are all around
I live close to the office
What’s that? Quintuple my salary would you??? Where do I sign
Sad truth is money talks and he’s smash the shit out of the SPL
When you’re a 21 year old who lives at home, who is close to your brothers and sisters, who has a young nephew, lives in London, is from this area of London, lives extremely close to your workplace, and all of your friends are also around the area, it’s not as straight forward as let’s uproot everything I’ve got here and go and live on my own in Scotland, at a place I’ve never been before.
Grant won’t be leaving this window.
But, I still don’t believe he will leave in this window.