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The January 2014 transfer window thread (p6. Stephens to Stoke?)

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  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,279

    '@Sky_JimWhite: Charlton Athletic contemplating an audacious bid sign Reading's Adam Le Fondre #CAFC #RFC'

    Parody account.

  • shirty5 said:

    '@Sky_JimWhite: Charlton Athletic contemplating an audacious bid sign Reading's Adam Le Fondre #CAFC #RFC'

    Parody account.

    Yes but if you look at the tweets they arn't fake
  • fatrob
    fatrob Posts: 861
    On sky sports news charlton have bid for le fondre
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,269
    I see Obika has gone on loan to Brighton
  • sammy391
    sammy391 Posts: 3,800
    fatrob said:

    On sky sports news charlton have bid for le fondre

    Link/picture?
  • flyingkiwiDK
    flyingkiwiDK Posts: 5,729
    Yohann Thuram-Ulien agrees loan deal with Charlton Athletic
    Get French Football News understands that Standard Liege’s French goalkeeper, Yohann Thuram-Ulien, has agreed a loan deal with English club Charlton Athletic. He is yet to complete his medical, but is set to arrive in England shortly to complete the move. Unless another interested party can launch a last minute bid for the player, then he will be playing for Charlton for the rest of the season.

    But who is Yohann Thuram-Ulien, and what can he bring to Charlton Athletic? Well, Charlton are hovering around the wrong end of the Championship table, and have only won 2 of their last 10 league games. Their defensive record is one of the worst in the league, and the signing of Thuram-Ulien is expected to help solidify Charlton’s defence in the hope of seeing them climb up the Championship table.

    Thuram-Ulien, standing at 6ft 2 inches, is a tall presence in goal, and a player of his size has an immediate advantage between the posts. However, he remains an extremely athletic goalkeeper, who is capable of producing top class saves. He can get down to low shots with relative ease, and can extend his long hands to deal with shots directed higher into the goal.

    Something that most viewers of Thuram-Ulien will know, though, is that he prefers to palm the ball away from goal than take the risk of catching the ball when it is coming at speed. In this way, he removes the risk of spilling the ball, but if his palm does not come off occasionally the ball will drop to other strikers looking for a rebound.

    One final thing to say about the Frenchman is that he is a very good leader of a defence, and this may be what Charlton are missing. Thuram-Uliem is an extremely vocal player, and he gets his back four very well organised according to what he sees on the pitch. He is never afraid to tell his defenders what he thinks, and this type of strong character may just be invaluable in Charlton’s bid for success this season.

    The deal to sign him, made possible by the fact that Roland Duchatelet owns both Charlton and Standard Liege, is complete. All that remains is what should be the formality of the medical and, once that is complete, Charlton will have a key player on their hands.

    N.Ba
  • sammy391 said:

    fatrob said:

    On sky sports news charlton have bid for le fondre

    Link/picture?
    Yeah sorry but I can't find this anywhere? I hope we have though.
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    edited January 2014
    We don't have one of the worst defences in the table - we are mid table for goals conceded
  • What's happened to Ozturk ?

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  • Essex_Al
    Essex_Al Posts: 3,587

    What's happened to Ozturk ?

    Going to Turkey apparently

    http://www.turkish-football.com/news_read.php?id=5527
  • Beckboy
    Beckboy Posts: 1,682
    We should trigger his release clause lol
  • Le Fondre would work for me, we have strikers who work hard and run around alot with no end product, what we need is someone who can put the ball in the back of the net!!! which is obviously what we have been missing since we got back into the championship.
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,674
    edited January 2014
    How much would Alfie cost, surely more than a bag of pork scratchings?
  • I have no reason to think this but I don't believe the ALF rumour.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,816

    I have no reason to think this but I don't believe the ALF rumour.

    that makes 2 of us.

  • SilentAddick
    SilentAddick Posts: 1,603
    Three!
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,759
    Le Fondre is going to Leeds or Forest.
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,880
    Swisdom said:

    We don't have one of the worst defences in the table - we are mid table for goals conceded

    I picked up on that as well. More like we haven't been scoring any goals

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  • no way will we get ALF
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    no chance we aint finished signing enough goal keepers yet
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    edited January 2014

    RUMOUR: Charlton, Blackpool, Bradford and Eintracht Braunschweig want Rogic on loan from Celtic. #BFC #CAFC #BCFC

    as does his former club and my team here in Australia Central Coast Mariners. He is pretty useful but only 20/21 ish and Im not sure that the Championship may be a step too far for him.....as was Celtic. He needs guaranteed games to try and retain his place in the Socceroos for the World Cup.

  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,253
    Yes please to ALF, quality player!
  • uie2
    uie2 Posts: 4,596

    '@Sky_JimWhite: Charlton Athletic contemplating an audacious bid sign Reading's Adam Le Fondre #CAFC #RFC'

    nothing on sky sports transfer centre

  • TelMc32 said:

    There were a few comments on the summer transfer thread about welcoming Jay Bothroyd back. Not sure, even with our new owner, we could compete with this...


    http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/jay-bothroyd-set-join-muanthong-2996456#ixzz2pkyFIzAh

    ...nice work if you can get it.

    Not sure about the accuracy of this article, even though it appeared in some more reputable news sources than the Daily Mirror. The stadium the so-called friendly was played in only holds 15,000 and tax-free contracts do not exist in Thailand. To get a work permit you must pay tax.

    How they can afford that sort of deal I don't know but it wouldn't surprise me if there's some gross exaggeration there as well.

  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,166
    Stephens to Stoke for £1m.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,568

    Stephens to Stoke for £1m.

    Hmmm...start selling our better players and we could easily still get relegated.

  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,034
    The problem is Stephens has less than 6 months to run on his contract,sadly I think £1m would be about the going rate for him.

    Don't get me wrong I'd love Dale to stay,but now we hopefully have the resources to replace him if necessary.
  • uie2 said:

    '@Sky_JimWhite: Charlton Athletic contemplating an audacious bid sign Reading's Adam Le Fondre #CAFC #RFC'

    nothing on sky sports transfer centre

    If you go on that Twitter account it says its a parody one... Would love ALF at the Valley (wanted him before he left Rotherham) just cant see it though

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