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American money behind Charlton takeover

Charlton fanzine editor Rick Everitt has tweeted, 'The substantial money behind the Charlton takeover bid is American, I have heard tonight, although it’s still Aussie fronted.'

Another social media report states 'New Charlton owners are Scott Farquar and Mike Cannon-Brooks. They are the Sydney-based founders of software giant Atlassian. Nothing to do with "time waster" Andrew Muir. Both very, very rich.'

No doubt there will be some more twists and turns in this long running saga.

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  1. john west4 January 2019 at 23:20

    Yeah well the present Owner very rich also and has done his best in ruining the club and made a wonderful job in alienating the supporters against each other.
    IF IF this takes place I hope these 2 going to invest in the club ie providing funds for players.
    It is not guaranteed that just because they might be able to provide funds does not mean guarantted sucess.
    we shall see but not holding my breath for too long!!!

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  2. bigbycycleboy5 January 2019 at 02:14

    It would appear that the first of my fears about a new regime , are allayed, paying the bills.
    I think supporters dreaming of new owners splashing millions on new players might be disappointed at first
    like it or not we are currently a "third division club" with a hard core support of around 11.000 , actually not a bad starting point for a "third division club" , the problem is we have all tasted the wonders of the Premier league and we attach that old description of the 1970s to Charlton ,
    "Sleeping giant" well we have been sleeping for some time
    now, Lee needs to strengthen his squad , that will be the first test of the new owners resolve but I don't expect it to involve millions ,he is a very good manager , that could be a problem the way the "merry-go-round" is working, I would settle for stability, reconnecting with the fans , support Lee
    reconstruct the backroom of the Club , make a concerted effort to keep our best young talent from moving on so quickly, and show players like Bauer ,Taylor and Aherne Grant that the club mean business , oh and do something about the South Stand, .

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