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Rumours Rumours - Summer 2021 edition (Deadline Day from p814)

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  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,824
    Elvis Costello turned down Chelsea.
    Why, what did he say?
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Pedro45 said:
    Elvis Costello turned down Chelsea.
    Why, what did he say?
    He said he didn't want to go.
  • charlton_hero
    charlton_hero Posts: 4,668
    RedRobin said:
    Looks like Viv Solomon-Otabor is going to Sunderland. 
    Is he any good? I saw Pompey fans weren't keen on having him back.
  • MattF
    MattF Posts: 3,797

  • Horsfield9
    Horsfield9 Posts: 3,082
    Elvis Costello turned down Chelsea.
    More interested in joining Oliver's Army 
  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,359
    That's a shame, looked good when i saw him play..
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,829
    He’s from Birmingham. 26yrs old and only played 90 games? 
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  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,051
    He’s from Birmingham. 26yrs old and only played 90 games? 
    Had a lot of injuries in his career. Think he was quite injury free at Gillingham though. 
  • Addickhead86
    Addickhead86 Posts: 1,151
    MarcusH26 said:
    He’s from Birmingham. 26yrs old and only played 90 games? 
    Had a lot of injuries in his career. Think he was quite injury free at Gillingham though. 
    Bowyer's murderball training regime will see him through unscathed, I'm sure
  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,359
    What's it say can't get twitter at work
  • PWADDICK
    PWADDICK Posts: 526

    Sounds good
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,587
    RedRobin said:
    Looks like Viv Solomon-Otabor is going to Sunderland. 
    Is he any good? I saw Pompey fans weren't keen on having him back.
    he was at Wigan last season.
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,001
    Redhenry said:
    What's it say can't get twitter at work
    Which one? Slater not a target, V.S-O may be it's not definite either way (according to Cawley.)
  • Braziliance
    Braziliance Posts: 8,359
    Hopefully we are after more of those Gills players, he was the one I was least interested in out of Ogilvie, Dempsey, Tucker and Oliver 
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 22,586
    edited June 2021
    Lots of talk and reporting from Rich for which we are grateful, unfortunately, most seem to be for people we are not going to sign, or indeed we maybe ever had a serious chance of signing, nice to dream of this or that player, but what we need to know is if we have any serious or realistic rumours or potential signings, because the clock is ticking, and yes I know Henry,...WIOTOS, but by then it ain't a rumour :)

  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,886
    edited June 2021
    Elvis Costello turned down Chelsea.
    More interested in joining Oliver's Army 
    ‘Thank you, thank you very much🕺🏻’……….Oops! Wrong Elvis 😁
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  • esseffect
    esseffect Posts: 493
    MattF said:

    Bugger. Still he will learn when Bowyer makes him run box to box and tackling all over the place. 
    You joke, but I don’t think we see the likes of Cullen or Gallagher play for us without influence of Bowyer
  • BR7_addick
    BR7_addick Posts: 10,212
    PWADDICK said:

    Sounds good
    Nothing but positive this sounds.  
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,384
    Aneke and Amos still deciding whether to sign new deals.
  • Charlton43
    Charlton43 Posts: 109
    Apparently we made an offer for George Dobson
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Cafc43v3r said:
    I always get Watson and Aneke confused, they look so similar.

    Shut the thread @AFKABartram
    If they ever had a kid….


  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,330
    Cafc43v3r said:
    I always get Watson and Aneke confused, they look so similar.

    Shut the thread @AFKABartram
    If they ever had a kid….


    Benchuks Wantekson. Sign him up
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,587

    Nigel Adkins has revealed he spoke to Ben Amos and Chuks Aneke on Tuesday – with Charlton Athletic still waiting to see if the pair commit to new contracts.

    The duo are both free agents on July 1.

    Amos is understood to have attracted interest from a number of League One clubs. We revealed earlier this week that he was on Ipswich’s shortlist as they will bring in a new keeper this summer.

    Aneke finished top-scorer for Charlton last season, proving a highly effective impact substitute.

    Addicks manager Adkins has already confirmed that he wants Amos, Aneke and Adam Matthews to extend their stays in SE7. He had initially made that clear a couple of days after the 2020-21 campaign ended.

    Adkins told the South London Press: “We talk about Ben Amos, Chuks Aneke and Adam Matthews, there have been contract negotiations going backwards and forwards. I know there has been a lot of interest in the three of them, because they are good players.

    “I know there has been a lot of movement in negotiations. I’m delighted we got [Jayden] Stockley across the line.

    “Every club has got a budget and a ceiling they can go to financially. You can’t have everybody on the high wages that maybe some of the clubs are offering. There has to be a balance. That is where Ged Roddy [technical director] and Steve Gallen [director of football], working with the owner, have put that budget in place.

    “We’ll have to wait and see. For example, I spoke to Ben and Chuks yesterday. They know I want them at the football club. The players have to make a decision and the agents make a decision for the finances as well. It is the way it is, let’s not hide about it.

    “There are many factors now in a player deciding where they want to be. Agents have a big say in it but ultimately the player has got to be happy where they are playing.

    “There has been a lot of negotiations going on behind the scenes with many, many parties. Across the board you’ll find that with many football clubs as well.”

    Charlton begin to gear back up for the 2021-22 season tomorrow. There will be two days of testing before training resumes on Monday.

    Adkins said: “I’d think there will be a knock-on effect because of the European Championships and the Copa America games, a lot of Premier League clubs have got young players making up the numbers in pre-season.

    “When the senior players come back from all the tournaments, then the loan players will start to drip out towards the end of the transfer window. Therefore players leaving Premier League clubs, Championship clubs, League One clubs and League Two clubs – you get the domino effect that kicks in.”

    Charlton have re-signed Ben Watson and Jason Pearce on new one-year contracts.

    “They know that, in my mind, they are not going to be the starters,” said Adkins. “But they are determined to have that ‘I’ll show you’ [mentality] which is brilliant.

    “They have got massive roles to play. We have got a lot of academy players and it is important they have got good role models – people who have been there, seen it and done it. They are going to contribute. They are excellent characters.”

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,233
    Pedro45 said:
    Elvis Costello turned down Chelsea.
    Why, what did he say?
    "They call her Natasha but she looks like Elsie"
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,233

    Nigel Adkins has revealed he spoke to Ben Amos and Chuks Aneke on Tuesday – with Charlton Athletic still waiting to see if the pair commit to new contracts.

    The duo are both free agents on July 1.

    Amos is understood to have attracted interest from a number of League One clubs. We revealed earlier this week that he was on Ipswich’s shortlist as they will bring in a new keeper this summer.

    Aneke finished top-scorer for Charlton last season, proving a highly effective impact substitute.

    Addicks manager Adkins has already confirmed that he wants Amos, Aneke and Adam Matthews to extend their stays in SE7. He had initially made that clear a couple of days after the 2020-21 campaign ended.

    Adkins told the South London Press: “We talk about Ben Amos, Chuks Aneke and Adam Matthews, there have been contract negotiations going backwards and forwards. I know there has been a lot of interest in the three of them, because they are good players.

    “I know there has been a lot of movement in negotiations. I’m delighted we got [Jayden] Stockley across the line.

    “Every club has got a budget and a ceiling they can go to financially. You can’t have everybody on the high wages that maybe some of the clubs are offering. There has to be a balance. That is where Ged Roddy [technical director] and Steve Gallen [director of football], working with the owner, have put that budget in place.

    “We’ll have to wait and see. For example, I spoke to Ben and Chuks yesterday. They know I want them at the football club. The players have to make a decision and the agents make a decision for the finances as well. It is the way it is, let’s not hide about it.

    “There are many factors now in a player deciding where they want to be. Agents have a big say in it but ultimately the player has got to be happy where they are playing.

    “There has been a lot of negotiations going on behind the scenes with many, many parties. Across the board you’ll find that with many football clubs as well.”

    Charlton begin to gear back up for the 2021-22 season tomorrow. There will be two days of testing before training resumes on Monday.

    Adkins said: “I’d think there will be a knock-on effect because of the European Championships and the Copa America games, a lot of Premier League clubs have got young players making up the numbers in pre-season.

    “When the senior players come back from all the tournaments, then the loan players will start to drip out towards the end of the transfer window. Therefore players leaving Premier League clubs, Championship clubs, League One clubs and League Two clubs – you get the domino effect that kicks in.”

    Charlton have re-signed Ben Watson and Jason Pearce on new one-year contracts.

    “They know that, in my mind, they are not going to be the starters,” said Adkins. “But they are determined to have that ‘I’ll show you’ [mentality] which is brilliant.

    “They have got massive roles to play. We have got a lot of academy players and it is important they have got good role models – people who have been there, seen it and done it. They are going to contribute. They are excellent characters.”

    So basically,

    They are negotiating.

    With lots of people.

    Not just the players who were here last season.

    But it's not going to all be done this week

    And Cawley says that is because we're chasing good players wanted elsewhere.

    meanwhile Pearce and Watson have been told that Nigel doesn't see them as starters
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,639
    Scoham said:
    Aneke and Amos still deciding whether to sign new deals.
    Time to shit or get off the pot. 

    Fitness testing tomorrow & Friday with players coming in next Monday to start pre-season. We really want to know where we stand with these players. Might be one thing trying to entice a player away from his current club but its another when the player has been here a few years & it's really just weighing up deal A with us or deal B with someone else. 
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