Richard Cawley reports on X: ‘Signing number seven for Charlton is their biggest spend of the transfer window - Rob Apter from Blackpool. Most exciting addition of the summer so far? The 22-year-old Scouser, capped by Scotland at U21 level, has penned a deal until the summer of 2029.’
Cawley states: ‘Transfer fees are very tricky to pin down
precisely but Apter’s fee is likely to be the biggest paid by the Addicks since
they reportedly parted with £2million to bring in centre-back Naby Sarr from
Sporting Lisbon in July 2015. One website has claimed that the transfer of the
Tangerines’ prize asset exceeds that sum.
It’s definitely the most expensive outlay by owners Global
Football Partners since they took control of the club in July 2023. Before that
Gassan Ahadme is believed - this isn’t something I’d stand up and testify in
court about (although why I would be in the dock in the first place would be
puzzling) - to have cost around £750,000 from Ipswich Town last summer.’
Tom Mayne from a Blackpool podcast says: ‘Exciting is definitely
a word to use. He is not the finished article but Nathan Jones and Steve Bruce
know that. He played every single game last season, bar one.
He is fearless and has a lot of growing to do, which I think
he knows himself. What I love the most is his tenacity, if he gets tackled or
loses the ball then he’ll continue to try and do something for the team to
create something out of nothing.’
Much more on Richard Cawley’s Substack page.
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