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Deadline Day from Pg.641 - Summer 2025 Charlton Athletic Transfer Rumours

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  • MartinCAFC
    MartinCAFC Posts: 3,224
    I’d rather we only sign players who are likely to improve the first team. No point signing players just to provide competition to a team that will likely struggle without improvements.

    Bowyer always said he’d only bring in players who are going to improve us, would like to think Jones has similar thoughts.

    Not sure he’d be an improvement on Gillesphey so a no for me. All shirts in the team need to be up for grabs, no benchwarmers.
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 5,911
    If we can bring him in I would be quite happy
  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,356
    edited June 5
    Swisdom said:
    I reckon our first signing won’t be far off.  I too heard we had 4 already done a couple of months ago.  
    You're virtually spot on Swisdom. That's exactly virtually what's happened.
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,224
    Famewo wasn't fantastic for us and he wasn't s**t either. 

    The injury record is the major concern. Only 13 league games last season and 17 during 22/23.

    Season of 23/24 though he did play 35 league games, just have to hope he's that player if we did sign him. 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,683
    We should be looking to bring in players who are better than we have. 
    Famewo in my opinion is no better than what we have plus he's injury prone. 

    It's  a no from me.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,787
    Chunes said:
    Swisdom said:
    I reckon our first signing won’t be far off.  I too heard we had 4 already done a couple of months ago.  
    You're virtually spot on Swisdom. That's exactly virtually what's happened.
    Virtual? Are all of our signings going to be AI?
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,056
    Chunes said:
    Swisdom said:
    I reckon our first signing won’t be far off.  I too heard we had 4 already done a couple of months ago.  
    You're virtually spot on Swisdom. That's exactly virtually what's happened.
    Virtual? Are all of our signings going to be AI?
    And twins too! 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,357
    J BLOCK said:
    Please no 
    agreed, during his spell with us he looked pretty ordinary, in fact I'd almost forgotten all about him .. there are better options for us in central defence
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,883
    From the comments from their local paper, It does seem Famewo was playing well when he was injured last autumn.

    https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/sheffield-wednesday-confirm-major-injury-blow-months-out-diagnosis-4845245
    Sheffield Wednesday are set to be without defender Akin Famewo for the long term after the in-form defender was the subject of scans following an injury sustained at Portsmouth on Friday.
    The former Norwich City defender has started Wednesday’s last eight matches in the Championship, earning rave reviews for impressive performances on the left of their back three. He would have started the campaign in the Owls line-up ahead of Di’Shon Bernard were it not for a small injury picked up on the eve of the season - he had to sit out their opening three fixtures.

    https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/sheffield-wednesday-boss-gives-akin-famewo-update-after-latest-owls-injury-setback-5054903
    Famewo was handed a cruel injury blow last year after picking up a serious issue away at Portsmouth after tremendous start to the season, and ever since then he’s been on the road to recovery.

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  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,193
    TelMc32 said:
    Chunes said:
    Swisdom said:
    I reckon our first signing won’t be far off.  I too heard we had 4 already done a couple of months ago.  
    You're virtually spot on Swisdom. That's exactly virtually what's happened.
    Virtual? Are all of our signings going to be AI?
    And twins too! 
    So called “twins”
  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 12,001
    Too injury prone imo. You can have all the Championship experience in the world but if a youth teamer is playing because AF’s injured then it doesn’t mean much. 
  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 4,294
    Don't think he's as good as we first thought and has suffered badly with injuries since we last had him. Not sure he is better than Gilly either tbh. 

    We need depth but that is one position I'd be hoping we could add some real quality rather than a back up 
    Problem is it might be the toughest to find quality in today’s market. Every team wants to play out from the back so left sided centre backs will cost a premium if they are really good and there aren’t as many as them vs other premium value positions like strikers 
  • DennisBooth
    DennisBooth Posts: 146
    Liam Thompson, Derby left back £1.4 million
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,386
    edited June 5
    Liam Thompson, Derby left back £1.4 million
    Out of contract but he’s 23 so that would be compensation?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c0mr177prpgo

    Edit: looks like he’s a battling CM who’s versatile and can cover wing back. Believe he’s right footed but good with his left.
  • CL_Phantom
    CL_Phantom Posts: 5,520
    The only description I can see around Famewo's injury has it being called a "big one", that alone makes it a no, shame as sounds like he's come on a bit since we had him on loan.
  • Gammon
    Gammon Posts: 338
    Seems a no brainer to get a solid player in for free and add depth, and can't imagine he will want ridiculous wages

    Add in the Jones link and that he last played for us In a terrible team

    Yes I'd love to add real quality but that's hard to do and this seems like a good team building signings 
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,629
    I’d rather we only sign players who are likely to improve the first team. No point signing players just to provide competition to a team that will likely struggle without improvements.

    Bowyer always said he’d only bring in players who are going to improve us, would like to think Jones has similar thoughts.

    Not sure he’d be an improvement on Gillesphey so a no for me. All shirts in the team need to be up for grabs, no benchwarmers.
    All managers say they’ll only bring in players that improve the squad. Given his experience since leaving us I’d say AF is a very decent option for us for no fee. All well and good saying we need no benchwarmers but we have nine bench places to fill next season so plenty of bench to keep warm. Only issue is his injury record but every player is only one game from an injury. We’ll need to trust Jones. 
  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 4,294
    Famewo is better than McIntyre so this would be improving the squad. The debate is whether him and Gillesphey as 2 options is good enough for this level, I would say it is. Gillesphey has improved and his performances in the 2nd half of the season suggested to me he can make the step up, Famewo has been a championship player for a while 

    Injuries is another question mark but if it gets approval from Dr Will then I am fine with it 
  • Bournesnr
    Bournesnr Posts: 296
    If NJ wants Famewo it’s good enough for me, who are we doubt him.

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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,883
    NabySarr said:
    Famewo is better than McIntyre so this would be improving the squad. The debate is whether him and Gillesphey as 2 options is good enough for this level, I would say it is. Gillesphey has improved and his performances in the 2nd half of the season suggested to me he can make the step up, Famewo has been a championship player for a while 

    Injuries is another question mark but if it gets approval from Dr Will then I am fine with it 
    Realistically, with our budget I can't see us finding 2 better left footed CBs to fill our squad than Gillesphey and Famewo. 

    If we have money to spend, then there are other parts of the pitch where we need to "splash the cash", not defence.
  • up_the_valley
    up_the_valley Posts: 4,217
    NabySarr said:
    Famewo is better than McIntyre so this would be improving the squad. The debate is whether him and Gillesphey as 2 options is good enough for this level, I would say it is. Gillesphey has improved and his performances in the 2nd half of the season suggested to me he can make the step up, Famewo has been a championship player for a while 

    Injuries is another question mark but if it gets approval from Dr Will then I am fine with it 
    Realistically, with our budget I can't see us finding 2 better left footed CBs to fill our squad than Gillesphey and Famewo. 

    If we have money to spend, then there are other parts of the pitch where we need to "splash the cash", not defence.
    What's our budget?
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,646
    Seems this scouting & signing stuff is a right lark. 

    Just sign all your old players and jobs a good 'un. 

    Problem is we re-sign all the injured & dross like Aneke, Famewo & Djikstel whilst the quality like Beedle go elsewhere. 
  • FishCostaFortune
    FishCostaFortune Posts: 10,773
    Seems this scouting & signing stuff is a right lark. 

    Just sign all your old players and jobs a good 'un. 

    Problem is we re-sign all the injured & dross like Aneke, Famewo & Djikstel whilst the quality like Beedle go elsewhere. 
    Tell me about it, we really need to sort out our transfer process otherwise we are never going to get out of league one........
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,962
    Thought Famewo was decent the first season with us, then poor the second season.  And both were a level below.

    Will admit that a centre back could be better at 26 than 21, 22, but I'm still in the 'no thanks/hope we can do better' camp.
  • Woodwork
    Woodwork Posts: 423
    NabySarr said:
    Famewo is better than McIntyre so this would be improving the squad. The debate is whether him and Gillesphey as 2 options is good enough for this level, I would say it is. Gillesphey has improved and his performances in the 2nd half of the season suggested to me he can make the step up, Famewo has been a championship player for a while 

    Injuries is another question mark but if it gets approval from Dr Will then I am fine with it 
    Realistically, with our budget I can't see us finding 2 better left footed CBs to fill our squad than Gillesphey and Famewo. 

    If we have money to spend, then there are other parts of the pitch where we need to "splash the cash", not defence.
    What's our budget?
    You can have an educated guess if this is a genuine rumour. 

    The wage budget needs to be doubled to match Preston. That’s all of the TV money spent. To match the likes of Stoke City & WBA it needs to be tripled/quadrupled. So the owners need to chuck in an extra £20m on top of the extra tv money. And so on. 
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,629
    Keep reading “we can do better” without saying who exactly 
  • Steven81
    Steven81 Posts: 1,012
    edited June 5
    Woodwork said:
    NabySarr said:
    Famewo is better than McIntyre so this would be improving the squad. The debate is whether him and Gillesphey as 2 options is good enough for this level, I would say it is. Gillesphey has improved and his performances in the 2nd half of the season suggested to me he can make the step up, Famewo has been a championship player for a while 

    Injuries is another question mark but if it gets approval from Dr Will then I am fine with it 
    Realistically, with our budget I can't see us finding 2 better left footed CBs to fill our squad than Gillesphey and Famewo. 

    If we have money to spend, then there are other parts of the pitch where we need to "splash the cash", not defence.
    What's our budget?
    You can have an educated guess if this is a genuine rumour. 

    The wage budget needs to be doubled to match Preston. That’s all of the TV money spent. To match the likes of Stoke City & WBA it needs to be tripled/quadrupled. So the owners need to chuck in an extra £20m on top of the extra tv money. And so on. 
    Thought we only had 4-5 players championship ready players from last season how many players wages are we matching up with, with the TV money new kit deal and increase in ticket prices I hope the billionaire owners can swallow some money and make a go of it otherwise we sink and it will all be  pointless, I reckon we need to spend atleast 10-20 million on 5-6 players one of them being a classy pacey striker to even compete and stay in the division mid tablish.
  • PWADDICK
    PWADDICK Posts: 526
    Wednesday now under a transfer embargo, assume that means they can’t renew Famewo’s contract
  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 4,294
    Steven81 said:
    Woodwork said:
    NabySarr said:
    Famewo is better than McIntyre so this would be improving the squad. The debate is whether him and Gillesphey as 2 options is good enough for this level, I would say it is. Gillesphey has improved and his performances in the 2nd half of the season suggested to me he can make the step up, Famewo has been a championship player for a while 

    Injuries is another question mark but if it gets approval from Dr Will then I am fine with it 
    Realistically, with our budget I can't see us finding 2 better left footed CBs to fill our squad than Gillesphey and Famewo. 

    If we have money to spend, then there are other parts of the pitch where we need to "splash the cash", not defence.
    What's our budget?
    You can have an educated guess if this is a genuine rumour. 

    The wage budget needs to be doubled to match Preston. That’s all of the TV money spent. To match the likes of Stoke City & WBA it needs to be tripled/quadrupled. So the owners need to chuck in an extra £20m on top of the extra tv money. And so on. 
    Thought we only had 4-5 players championship ready players from last season how many players wages are we matching up with, with the TV money new kit deal and increase in ticket prices I hope the billionaire owners can swallow some money and make a go of it otherwise we sink and it will all be  pointless, I reckon we need to spend atleast 10-20 million on 5-6 players one of them being a classy pacey striker to even compete and stay in the division mid tablish.
    How much did Oxford, Portsmouth and Derby spend last season? Doubt they spent that much combined and they all managed to stay up 

    We obviously need to spend, but it’s not going to be silly money. The 11m or so from TV money is a healthy start and the owners I’m sure will put some more in on top so that we have a competitive transfer and wage budget. Our budget needs to be competitive, Jones will do the rest