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Charlton ready to offload prized assets to balance books

J BLOCK
J BLOCK Posts: 8,319
edited December 2015 in General Charlton
http://bit.ly/1kvaTrA
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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    The bloody owners have even sold our "R" to raise money now.

    Bastads
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,587
    February will see the team line up of...

    Pope
    Barnes ... Lennon ... Yao ... Edwards
    Charles-Cook ... Konsa ... Lapsile ... Koc
    Ahearne-Grant ... Umerah
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,617
    ForeverAddickted said:

    February will see the team line up of...

    Pope
    Barnes ... Lennon ... Yao ... Edwards
    Charles-Cook ... Konsa ... Lapsile ... Koc
    Ahearne-Grant ... Umerah

    thought Pope was off to Millwall?
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,587
    LargeAddick said:

    ForeverAddickted said:

    February will see the team line up of...

    Pope
    Barnes ... Lennon ... Yao ... Edwards
    Charles-Cook ... Konsa ... Lapsile ... Koc
    Ahearne-Grant ... Umerah

    thought Pope was off to Millwall?
    Good point Goalkeeper will have to be Mitov
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,371
    At this rate they will have to start adding steroids to the youth team to plump them up for market time.
  • GreenhitheRed
    GreenhitheRed Posts: 538
    And so it begins!
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,617
    GreenhitheRed said:

    And so it begins!

    ?
  • charltonJ
    charltonJ Posts: 521
    That's unlike us
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,313
    ForeverAddickted said:

    February will see the team line up of...

    Pope
    Barnes ... Lennon ... Yao ... Edwards
    Charles-Cook ... Konsa ... Lapsile ... Koc
    Ahearne-Grant ... Umerah

    Probably take us to mid table, winning in the youth leagues breeds confidence
  • Tunwellsaddick
    Tunwellsaddick Posts: 2,453
    J BLOCK said:

    http://bit.ly/1kvaTrA

    No surprise here.

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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,369
    this is the relevant piece from the article ..

    Charlton latest

    Charlton are ready to offload some of their prized assets next month as they battle to balance the books.


    The struggling Addicks, second-bottom in the Championship, want to raise at least £2m in January and prepared to sacrifice some of their stars to bring in some much-needed money.


    Though the Charlton board risk further angering their fans, who are already protesting against owner Roland Duchatelet and the current regime, with their fundraising plans.


    They are desperate for striker Tony Watt’s loan move to Cardiff to become a permanent one, bringing in around £1m.


    Highest earner and winger Johann Gudmundsson, in-demand teenage starlet Ademola Lookman and striker Igor Vetokele are among those who could go too.


    Charlton are bracing themselves for January bids for Lookman from Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool and Chelsea and could now cash in to ease their money worries.


    But the sale of the 18 year-old academy product in particular would be an especially controversial decision and crank up the animosity towards the board from Charlton fans.


    Supporters unhappy at the running of the club are planning a fresh protest after Saturday’s home clash against Nottingham Forest.



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  • GreenhitheRed
    GreenhitheRed Posts: 538
    LargeAddick said:

    GreenhitheRed said:

    And so it begins!

    ?
    RD asset stripping the playing staff to recoup losses before he makes his exit! I eluded to this in a post on another thread.
  • mogodon
    mogodon Posts: 3,408
    Every day things just get better and better. I expect Meire to announce a revolutionary ground-sharing with Crystal Palace any day ....
  • twiggyaddick
    twiggyaddick Posts: 1,565
    Yep definate asset stripping before he tucks off, as they ain't short of cash, the hard up part Is bollocks
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    mogodon said:

    Every day things just get better and better. I expect Meire to announce a revolutionary ground-sharing with Crystal Palace any day ....

    Or Lookmans off to Palace !
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,587
    The_President said:

    mogodon said:

    Every day things just get better and better. I expect Meire to announce a revolutionary ground-sharing with Crystal Palace any day ....

    Or Lookmans off to Milwall!
    More realistic!!
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,741
    GreenhitheRed said:

    LargeAddick said:

    GreenhitheRed said:

    And so it begins!

    ?
    RD asset stripping the playing staff to recoup losses before he makes his exit! I eluded to this in a post on another thread.
    Pretty much what he did at Liege.
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,113
    Selling the youth, the future is Duchatelet's way of getting back at us for protesting. He's playing hardball hoping we'll back off
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,587
    lancashire lad said:

    no they won't sell our young players as Mr Murray said they wouldn"t need to with the investment of RD !

    We don't have to sell our Youth though... Roland is just choosing to sell our Youth.

    Thats the difference when KM explains it!!

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  • mascot88
    mascot88 Posts: 9,642
    Amazing.... but this will get worse before it gets better....

    He is an unscrupulous so and so and his unhapiness is a defining truth that is driving him to trying to destroy other peoples...

    In short he is a moron , but now we are all clearly behind his exit and we can see him and his disgusting, witch of a CEO for what they are then it is a matter of time before they all clear off and clear out ....

  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,747
    If true, this isn't a surprise. RD is probably planning to sell as much as he can in January and keep the money before he offloads the club. He has previous - ask Liege.
  • All_Thaid_Up
    All_Thaid_Up Posts: 2,293
    Smart move. Sell the players now when they have a 'reasonable' value as opposed to next year in league 1 when they will be worth f... All.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,642
    If and it's a big if. The sale of some players is a prelude to selling up and getting out then as sad as it would be to lose Lookman and others I would take the hit.

    My own view is that he has no intention of selling up. Money raised from the sale of Watt and anyone else will be partly reinvested but overall a net saving.

    I think Roland still thinks he can succeed by reducing costs at every level.

    Can't see things ending soon or well.
  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998
    edited December 2015
    Gordon Brown Roland Duchatelet announces firesale of gold players, thus leveraging himself into a much worse position when negotiating the price, no doubt advised by failed economist Ed Balls failed lawyer Katrien Meire.

    Same article with the names changed. Lazy journalism.
  • FolkestoneAddick
    FolkestoneAddick Posts: 85
    If true then we're in serious trouble. Hopefully it ends with him taking the money and leaving.
  • mascot88
    mascot88 Posts: 9,642
    If we have to go down to non league to get him out so be it....

    This is so dark and his grubby, dirty hands on our club... that has to be the way, then that has to be the way, I'd rather a Charlton I can recognise in the very lower leagues and a chance to rebuild with actual humans again...
  • bexleyaddick
    bexleyaddick Posts: 479
    mascot88 said:

    If we have to go down to non league to get him out so be it....

    This is so dark and his grubby, dirty hands on our club... that has to be the way, then that has to be the way, I'd rather a Charlton I can recognise in the very lower leagues and a chance to rebuild with actual humans again...

    It pains me to think of it this way but I actually couldn't agree more.....

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    This will be nicely spun at the end of the window as "We only sold one player not the four that some customers were worrying about. It shows that we aren't as bad as the 2% say. We had to sell (insert name) as we aren't allowed to have more than 28 players on our books under Belgian FA rules. I know we're not actually in Belgium but we now, for tax purposes, a Belgian club"
  • West2003
    West2003 Posts: 386
    This is from the Metro people, they report a lot of bullshit transfer rumours

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