The Charlton Athletic Gazette
Market17 Aug 2026
Paris Lock says no to Gzira United
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Paris Lock had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $2.5M for Baylee Dipepa
Charlton Athletic have gone to Southampton with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Tyreece Campbell was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 25. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Charlton Athletic bid $760.0K for Ben Chrisene
The offer went to Norwich City this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Charlton Athletic go back to the board over Ben Chrisene
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $790.0K — a club that wants Ben Chrisene enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No thanks: Moctar Diop rejects the move
Charlton Athletic had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at KAA Gent, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Charlton Athletic
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Leyton Orient tell Charlton Athletic: Charlie Wellens is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market17 Aug 2026
Charlton Athletic promote George Ellis from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. George Ellis has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market One of our own: David Marshall joins the Charlton Athletic first team
- Market One of our own: Liam Hunter joins the Charlton Athletic first team
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Will Mannion