Attention: Please take a moment to consider our terms and conditions before posting.

Winter-January 2026 Transfer Window Rumours ...

1…161162164166167…169

Comments

  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 5,143
    All this certainty on the wages when everything is #undisclosed and many on here are adamant that wages and fees are commercially sensitive / must be hidden from our competitors. 🤔


    At this stage I don’t care what we are paying only that whoever we get is better than now. 
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,421
    RC_CAFC said:
    Bournesnr said:
    Seem to recall people moaning about us signing Bell, same as they are about Coady, his legs have gone etc. don’t hear them so much now though. 
    Think I’ll reserve judgement until I’ve seen him play.
    The difference was no one had actually seen Bell play. Lots of us have seen Coady play this season. He’s been a complete liability.

    If he becomes our player I’ll hope we see a decent performer. But this combined with Dykes is not a transfer that fills me with any hope or optimism. 
    Which of his 5 games have you & lots of others seen him play.
  • AberystwythAddick
    AberystwythAddick Posts: 1,146
    charltonbob said:
    RC_CAFC said:
    Bournesnr said:
    Seem to recall people moaning about us signing Bell, same as they are about Coady, his legs have gone etc. don’t hear them so much now though. 
    Think I’ll reserve judgement until I’ve seen him play.
    The difference was no one had actually seen Bell play. Lots of us have seen Coady play this season. He’s been a complete liability.

    If he becomes our player I’ll hope we see a decent performer. But this combined with Dykes is not a transfer that fills me with any hope or optimism. 
    Which of his 5 games have you & lots of others seen him play.
    The number of games is more telling than anything in this 
  • Danny Addick
    Danny Addick Posts: 4,008
    Being brought in as extra defensive cover and a skilled personality for the dressing room is fine if that’s the case - and please don't expect to get better for £12k as you’ll be disappointed - but I’m hoping the real money will be spent on the LWB and CM!
  • TheHerminator
    TheHerminator Posts: 909
    charltonbob said:
    RC_CAFC said:
    Bournesnr said:
    Seem to recall people moaning about us signing Bell, same as they are about Coady, his legs have gone etc. don’t hear them so much now though. 
    Think I’ll reserve judgement until I’ve seen him play.
    The difference was no one had actually seen Bell play. Lots of us have seen Coady play this season. He’s been a complete liability.

    If he becomes our player I’ll hope we see a decent performer. But this combined with Dykes is not a transfer that fills me with any hope or optimism. 
    Which of his 5 games have you & lots of others seen him play.
    It’s mad how some have enough time to watch Charlton an all of the oppo games too 
  • CafcSteve
    CafcSteve Posts: 836
    charltonbob said:
    RC_CAFC said:
    Bournesnr said:
    Seem to recall people moaning about us signing Bell, same as they are about Coady, his legs have gone etc. don’t hear them so much now though. 
    Think I’ll reserve judgement until I’ve seen him play.
    The difference was no one had actually seen Bell play. Lots of us have seen Coady play this season. He’s been a complete liability.

    If he becomes our player I’ll hope we see a decent performer. But this combined with Dykes is not a transfer that fills me with any hope or optimism. 
    Which of his 5 games have you & lots of others seen him play.
    Probably all of them with the amount of times that Wrexham are on the T.V.
  • drawnablank
    drawnablank Posts: 795
    Hysteria has taken hold of the Charlton faithful!!
  • ns9
    ns9 Posts: 8
    Oh Eddie Youds... said:
    Are we under a Transfer Embargo?

    This window is starting to remind me of the infamous Matt Southall window where we were only allowed to bring in free transfers & loans.
    It genuinely feels like it 
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 1,267
    ns9 said:
    Oh Eddie Youds... said:
    Are we under a Transfer Embargo?

    This window is starting to remind me of the infamous Matt Southall window where we were only allowed to bring in free transfers & loans.
    It genuinely feels like it 
    Self imposed embargo 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,846
    Danny Addick said:
    Being brought in as extra defensive cover and a skilled personality for the dressing room is fine if that’s the case - and please don't expect to get better for £12k as you’ll be disappointed -



     but I’m hoping the real money will be spent on the LWB and CM!
    With less than a week to go until the transfer window shuts and we've brought in 3 loans (and now maybe a fourth) when NJ has said previously that he doesn't like using loans would suggest that very little, if any, real money is going to be spent.

  • Sponsored links:



  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,141
    drawnablank said:
    Hysteria has taken hold of the Charlton faithful!!
    We could have a proper classic Charlton Life full forum meltdown before too long. 

    Pass the popcorn.
  • Sword65pf
    Sword65pf Posts: 1,008
    Even if it’s bollox, it would be nice if it were reported that we had put in an offer for someone to test there resolve. 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 14,832
    golfaddick said:
    Danny Addick said:
    Being brought in as extra defensive cover and a skilled personality for the dressing room is fine if that’s the case - and please don't expect to get better for £12k as you’ll be disappointed -



     but I’m hoping the real money will be spent on the LWB and CM!
    With less than a week to go until the transfer window shuts and we've brought in 3 loans (and now maybe a fourth) when NJ has said previously that he doesn't like using loans would suggest that very little, if any, real money is going to be spent.
    This would be the third loan, Dykes is a permanent transfer
  • ns9
    ns9 Posts: 8
    golfaddick said:
    Danny Addick said:
    Being brought in as extra defensive cover and a skilled personality for the dressing room is fine if that’s the case - and please don't expect to get better for £12k as you’ll be disappointed -



     but I’m hoping the real money will be spent on the LWB and CM!
    With less than a week to go until the transfer window shuts and we've brought in 3 loans (and now maybe a fourth) when NJ has said previously that he doesn't like using loans would suggest that very little, if any, real money is going to be spent.
    An interesting point is raised above - in the January window of the 19/20 season we brought in Aiden McGeady, Andre Green and David Davis all on loan while we were under embargo. 

    In this window so far we’ve brought in Harry Clarke on loan, Lyndon Dykes on a 6 month deal and Luke Chambers on loan.

    Not much difference in my view.
  • TheHerminator
    TheHerminator Posts: 909
    ns9 said:
    golfaddick said:
    Danny Addick said:
    Being brought in as extra defensive cover and a skilled personality for the dressing room is fine if that’s the case - and please don't expect to get better for £12k as you’ll be disappointed -



     but I’m hoping the real money will be spent on the LWB and CM!
    With less than a week to go until the transfer window shuts and we've brought in 3 loans (and now maybe a fourth) when NJ has said previously that he doesn't like using loans would suggest that very little, if any, real money is going to be spent.
    An interesting point is raised above - in the January window of the 19/20 season we brought in Aiden McGeady, Andre Green and David Davis all on loan while we were under embargo. 

    In this window so far we’ve brought in Harry Clarke on loan, Lyndon Dykes on a 6 month deal and Luke Chambers on loan.

    Not much difference in my view.
    Except one of them is a permanent 

    apart from that identical 
  • stjohnshill
    stjohnshill Posts: 39
    charltonbob said:
    Bailey said:
    aso914 said:
    According to Sky Coady is currently on 25k at Wrexham and the clubs are trying to figure out what percentage of his wages we’ll pay. Even if we are paying a quarter that feels a bit pricey for someone that’s meant to be cover. That money could go towards wages for a CM. 
    I am still trying to get my head around Coady being signed as cover. If Jones is out for a number of games, yes absolutely agree but I still think you may see him in the right sided centre back position currently occupied by Ramsay, based on the fact that, I didn't attend the Millwall game, I was not wearing a Charlton shirt at the time but I still played better than Ramsay and for that matter Burke, all four goals involved those two individuals, and not in a good way either.  
    Let’s not forget Jones is playing with an injury, maybe he desperately needs to be rested or we could lose him for the rest of the season.
    Wouldn’t be for the season, would add a few weeks on with the injury he has. 

    Even if Lloyd didn’t have an ankle issue, we needed cover for him incase he got injured as we sadly cannot rely on Burke. 

    Now for a CM or two….over to you owners and Rodwell
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 65,204
    ns9 said:
    golfaddick said:
    Danny Addick said:
    Being brought in as extra defensive cover and a skilled personality for the dressing room is fine if that’s the case - and please don't expect to get better for £12k as you’ll be disappointed -



     but I’m hoping the real money will be spent on the LWB and CM!
    With less than a week to go until the transfer window shuts and we've brought in 3 loans (and now maybe a fourth) when NJ has said previously that he doesn't like using loans would suggest that very little, if any, real money is going to be spent.
    An interesting point is raised above - in the January window of the 19/20 season we brought in Aiden McGeady, Andre Green and David Davis all on loan while we were under embargo. 

    In this window so far we’ve brought in Harry Clarke on loan, Lyndon Dykes on a 6 month deal and Luke Chambers on loan.

    Not much difference in my view.
    Maybe let’s allow them to play more than 1 or 2 game before we say they’re no different to David Davis.
  • ThomasOliver3
    ThomasOliver3 Posts: 98
    alburyaddick said:
    ThomasOliver3 said:
    NabySarr said:
    ThomasOliver3 said:
    Callumcafc said:
    https://the72.co.uk/2026/01/27/oxford-united-bid-andrias-edmundsson/

    Oxford taking a gamble on an unproven left footed centre back

    This is what annoys me. Every other club in the Championship is creative with their transfers, looking for value, a rough diamond etc.

    All we every do is sign middle-old, British players ideally with a link to Luton. The requisite qualities required seem to be they players can't pass or keep the ball, they are just have to be stoppers or workhorses.

    My concern is that when NJ does inevitably go in the next 2-4 weeks, the new manager will be looking around asking where is the ability to pass, create or sprint. It's such a poorly constructed squad totally in the image of NJ.

    If he does somehow keeps us I'd still want him politely moved on in the summer as this anti-football isn't how we progress up the league.
    Seemed to work pretty well in progressing Luton up this league? 

    If Jones keeps us up he’s done a great job and deserves to go again next summer with hopefully us being able to be a bit more ambitious in our recruitment 
    IF he does then maybe that's fair.

    My own opinion is that even in the 4 years since his 6th place finish with Luton, the league has moved on. I don't see the long ball stuff working over time, and I don't enjoy watching it.

    Doesn't mean I'm not grateful to him, but the game doesn't stand still and right now we've been found out and so far don't have an answer.
    I think this is interesting, I’m certainly not an expert on football tactics but there has actually been a shift away from tippy tappy possession football in the Premier League back to set pieces, corners , long throws and the long ball. 
    I think our problem is that ( and we have lost the Josh Edwards long throw) we just aren’t as good at Nathan’s preferred tactical approach as we need to be ! 
    I agree its not great to watch but none of us would care if it was working but it isn’t 

    I think its a more than fair challenge to my original point, fair enough. The importance of long throws and set pieces have 100% been on the rise this season.

    I'd still challenge that all of the top 4 are ball playing, attacking teams, but also concede that this isn't our ambition, all we need is survival.

    As a coach and with kids in academies, I'm definitely a footballing purist, so I'll get back in my box but I don't think this current guise is going to get the job done, I believe we've been found out and are now playing better teams than us most weeks without the element of surprise now.
  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 12,133
    Bournesnr said:
    Seem to recall people moaning about us signing Bell, same as they are about Coady, his legs have gone etc. don’t hear them so much now though. 
    Think I’ll reserve judgement until I’ve seen him play.
    Well you seem to recall wrong. No one said Bell's legs had gone. Absolutely zero. 
    Connor Coady appears to be a player on the way down. I thought that when he signed for Wrexham and he's now being bombed out by them. I hope he's fantastic for us, if he signs. An all action leader who drags us away from the bottom three in the swan song of his career. But I just don't believe that will happen. Does anyone?
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,964
    We can only play one system that keeps enough oppo busy we dont get overrun. That system involves TC as a forward and a LB or LWB. When we have a LB or LWB (even Bell) then we do OK and get points. When we don't, we lose.

    Another LB/LWB has to be our main priority. 

  • Sponsored links:



  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 22,098
    Valley11 said:
    Bournesnr said:
    Seem to recall people moaning about us signing Bell, same as they are about Coady, his legs have gone etc. don’t hear them so much now though. 
    Think I’ll reserve judgement until I’ve seen him play.
    Well you seem to recall wrong. No one said Bell's legs had gone. Absolutely zero. 
    Connor Coady appears to be a player on the way down. I thought that when he signed for Wrexham and he's now being bombed out by them. I hope he's fantastic for us, if he signs. An all action leader who drags us away from the bottom three in the swan song of his career. But I just don't believe that will happen. Does anyone?
    TBF a lot of Luton fans were saying Bell's legs have gone and he was on a decline
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,644
    Callumcafc said:
    ns9 said:
    golfaddick said:
    Danny Addick said:
    Being brought in as extra defensive cover and a skilled personality for the dressing room is fine if that’s the case - and please don't expect to get better for £12k as you’ll be disappointed -



     but I’m hoping the real money will be spent on the LWB and CM!
    With less than a week to go until the transfer window shuts and we've brought in 3 loans (and now maybe a fourth) when NJ has said previously that he doesn't like using loans would suggest that very little, if any, real money is going to be spent.
    An interesting point is raised above - in the January window of the 19/20 season we brought in Aiden McGeady, Andre Green and David Davis all on loan while we were under embargo. 

    In this window so far we’ve brought in Harry Clarke on loan, Lyndon Dykes on a 6 month deal and Luke Chambers on loan.

    Not much difference in my view.
    Maybe let’s allow them to play more than 1 or 2 game before we say they’re no different to David Davis.
    I think Clarke and Dykes have looked handy so far. I think the biggest undercurrent with the two windows is that it's hard to get domestic players in when you're near the bottom of the Championship table and wage table. I wish our scouting network was larger than it seems to be, but right now we seem intent on signing from the domestic market/Scotland at a stretch. And the fact of the matter is there's just a limit in the number of players available full stop, let alone quality, experienced LWBs/LCB/quality #8s. 

    I'll judge this window when the window slams shut on Monday (Monday, right?). Some things, like Chambers, didn't happen as fast as would be ideal. But he's still here for 17 games, and hopefully for our key run in February he'll be fit and up to speed. Dykes looks very good in the air, unsurprisingly, and he's looked a bit more mobile than I expected. Clarke has overall looked tidy and seems capable of putting a decent ball in, it's just about getting him into those quality attacking positions that we need to work on.

    We still need at least two after Coady, but I think Coady is at least worth a look as cover for LJ. We are thin at the back at the best of times, so Coady would mean we have three CBs (Burke/Ramsay, LJ, Bell) and three to cover (Burke/Ramsay, Coady, Macca). Still need more cover/quality on the left side of defense, as well as a quality #8. It's going to go down to the wire, and this is a reminder that deals don't necessarily get done in the order or need, they get done in the order they get done. Which is unfortunate, as we could have really used a LWB at the start of the window, as has been covered to death.

    In short, everyone take a deep breath. This is an evolving situation. Our starters and our bench look stronger and more balanced now than they did a month ago--and that's especially the case when Bell is back. I know Saturday was shit, but I think there's a decent chance that was the nadir and not the new standard. Obviously, it had better be the nadir because if it's not then we're going down. But I think NJ and the squad have earned the right to put it right on Saturday.
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,421
    stjohnshill said:
    charltonbob said:
    Bailey said:
    aso914 said:
    According to Sky Coady is currently on 25k at Wrexham and the clubs are trying to figure out what percentage of his wages we’ll pay. Even if we are paying a quarter that feels a bit pricey for someone that’s meant to be cover. That money could go towards wages for a CM. 
    I am still trying to get my head around Coady being signed as cover. If Jones is out for a number of games, yes absolutely agree but I still think you may see him in the right sided centre back position currently occupied by Ramsay, based on the fact that, I didn't attend the Millwall game, I was not wearing a Charlton shirt at the time but I still played better than Ramsay and for that matter Burke, all four goals involved those two individuals, and not in a good way either.  
    Let’s not forget Jones is playing with an injury, maybe he desperately needs to be rested or we could lose him for the rest of the season.
    Wouldn’t be for the season, would add a few weeks on with the injury he has. 

    Even if Lloyd didn’t have an ankle issue, we needed cover for him incase he got injured as we sadly cannot rely on Burke. 

    Now for a CM or two….over to you owners and Rodwell
    I bow to your greater knowledge, as per my post I'm just saying maybe, I'm guessing that you're a member of the medical team ?
  • 2121
    2121 Posts: 1,432
    Not sure how anyone can complain with a coady signing! 
  • Sage
    Sage Posts: 7,326
    CAFCsayer said:
    AberystwythAddick said:
    CAFCsayer said:
    Coady is a good signing if cover for jones, if he is being signed to start, in not so sure
    For a reported 12.5k a week it’s a wank signing.

    absolutely fucking mental to consider paying that much for a back up player.  
    12.5k a week is peanuts in the championship and without a transfer fee... To put it into context, I'm pretty sure Chuks wasn't miles off of that. An experienced head like coady and a bit of leadership as a rotation option is a good signing in my book
    Found a post I was going to pretty much say myself.

    Also sure I’ve said it before but many on here need to realise that players, including our own, are being paid a lot more than you think. 12k is tiny in the Championship. Stockley when he was here was on around 10k and we were a crap League One team.
  • Diebythesword
    Diebythesword Posts: 574
    Hoping he’s more Christian dailly than Roger Johnson. 
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,218
    Time for bed everyone, said Zebedee. 

    You all need to be fresh for another days onslaught tomorrow on TTRT. So off you go, up the wooden hill.

    I’m making cocoa, anyone else want a cup?
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 11,511
    Diebythesword said:
    Hoping he’s more Christian dailly than Roger Johnson. 
    God I forgot about Roger Johnson.

    Not sure if this is my mind playing tricks on me but did he have two spells? The fist he was actually pretty good and then shocking later?
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,846
    fenaddick said:
    golfaddick said:
    Danny Addick said:
    Being brought in as extra defensive cover and a skilled personality for the dressing room is fine if that’s the case - and please don't expect to get better for £12k as you’ll be disappointed -



     but I’m hoping the real money will be spent on the LWB and CM!
    With less than a week to go until the transfer window shuts and we've brought in 3 loans (and now maybe a fourth) when NJ has said previously that he doesn't like using loans would suggest that very little, if any, real money is going to be spent.
    This would be the third loan, Dykes is a permanent transfer
    Fair point. But only for 6 months. There might be an option after that but as it stands it's a short term deal which didnt incur a fee. In all intent & purposes it's a loan as I very much doubt he will be with us next season and so no long term planning.

Categories

“Marketplace”