There was talk during the transfer window of key players signing contract extensions when the transfer window was slammed shut.
Do you think Roland's big idea was to use the Karlan transfer fee to renew contracts of other players out of contract in the summer?
Steve Gallen was confident that Joe Aribo and Dillon Philips would sign soon, any news?
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Roland decided the way to do it was to offer less money.
I really don’t think selling Grant was part of a master plan to invest in the team.
Bowyer also mentioned subsequently that he had to work within the season budget which was already set in stone, therefore none of the KG money was ever going to be used, but his wages probably covered Parker coming in.
Roland is clearly off-seeting any transfer fees in against the running losses. There are no fees going out nor wage increases (unless they can be found by reducing elsewhere).
Gallen & Bowyer really have had their work cut out an are doing well in the circumstances.
They won't be able to keep players happy beyond the season end, where the pressure will fall back onto Roalnd and the Aussies must realise this.
For the others I'd be very worried about any ambition being shown from the club by selling our top scorer and letting it get to the stage where there are only seven other players guaranteed to be here the following season, especially with no guarantee of the League we'll be in next season, of course being a Championshup club will be a sweetner for a few more to sign but as a League One club there will no guarantee that we'll be able to compete at a reasonable level with so few senior players tied down.
That of course means that eventually, if this limbo continues, we’ll only be left with the old, injured and rubbish and anyone who is half decent and has a contract will be sold and anyone who is half decent without a contract will leave on a free.
Take out the players that won't be offered, or realistically sign new contracts. Marshall, Igor, BFG and Ajose.
Then the ones such as Lapslie, JFC and RHF were it should be reflectively cheap and easy to agree new terms.
Then you have a football choice to make on the likes of Reeves, could you get better value for his wages on another player?
Philips is an issue as I would imagine he would want an assurance of first team football. Can we, in good faith offer that?
Is Fosu worth a long term contact? I assume he would want a pay rise to? If he had signed a new deal in the summer we would of all been pleased, now we would be moaning that he has done sod all since signing it.
The one which is clear cut, even more so than Grant, and completely unforgivable is Aribo.
Of those ten how many would be part of a championship squad? Inversely if they are all so bloody good why are we still in league 1!
The time to negotiate a new contract with a player is 18 months before their deal expires, not a couple of months before.
If Fosu was on a 3 year 10k a week contract people would be up in arms about it. But they would have been ecstatic about it 6 months ago.
Like I said the clear cut one is Aribo, the others aren't as black and white.
In the ‘good old days’ players signing new contracts was released to cheer the fans up, well we certainly could do with some good news, even if it’s that Bert the bin man has said he’ll carry on emptying the bins at the valley for the next 12 months!
As the old song goes.... give me hope Joanna.
Phillips probably.
First Team Squad
Goalkeepers
Dillon Phillips 2021
Right Backs
Chris Solly 2020
Anfernee Dijksteel 2020
Centre Backs
Jason Pearce 2020
Naby Sarr 2020
Left Backs
Lewis Page* 2020
Central Midfielders
Darren Pratley 2020
Attacking Midfielders/Wingers
Strikers
Lyle Taylor 2020
Who said the future isn't bright?!
There will be quite a big wage saving on these two so a lot will depend if Roland gives Bowyer a decent budget. A similar budget should enable us to strengthen.
If so negotiating new contracts with Lapslie, Morgan, JFC, Reeves, Parker, Purrington should be easy plus some decent replacements and decent loans.
Tariqe Fosu has been urged to add more end product to his game – especially with his Charlton Athletic contract due to be up in the summer.
The 23-year-old winger is due to be a free agent at the end of June. But Addicks manager Lee Bowyer has confirmed before that they want the Wandsworth-born attacker to stay in SE7.
Bowyer is hopeful of securing George Lapslie and Joe Aribo on new deals. Goalkeeper Dillon Phillips penned an extension until the summer of 2021 last week.
“We’re close with George,” said Bowyer. “We just need his agent to come back to, but we don’t think it’s far away.
“We’re trying to come to an agreement [with Aribo]. I spoke to Joe at the back end of last week and he is saying he wants to sign. So we’re close there, I think.
“I’m guessing it is just down to us sorting things out with his agent, a few little tweaks.”
https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-athletic-boss-lee-bowyer-on-tariqe-fosus-contract-situation-and-why-all-his-attacking-players-need-to-produce-end-product/Lapslie I think is a given and also think Fosu would be stupid not to renew based on his current form as at the moment I cant see many clubs better than us that would be interested in him
We are going to be going back to Joe either this week or early next week with another offer,” Bowyer told the South London Press. “We’re still working on that.”
https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-athletic-to-make-improved-contract-offer-to-joe-aribo/
“We are having a meeting with Joe and his agent later on in the week,” said Bowyer. “So we’ll see how that goes.”
https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-athletic-set-for-contract-talks-with-prize-talent-this-week/