Charlton Athletic and Leyton Orient bosses have explained their plans for the summer transfer window.
Now that Charlton Athletic’s safety in League One has been established, the team’s attention is shifting to the summer transfer market and possible promotion run for the following campaign.
With one remaining league game of the season, Leyton Orient, a rival team in London, is experiencing a similar sentiment.
Because of the team’s performance since the Welshman’s arrival, some are already projecting the Addicks to be candidates for promotion the following season. Jones was appointed manager instead of head coach, which he justified as giving him more control over hiring.
After Shrewsbury’s draw the previous weekend, Jones gave a more thorough explanation of his ambitions for the summer window. He stated: “We will bring in a number of players – we know exactly the positions we want to bring them in,” according to London News Online. Each and every one of those guys will be able to elevate the eleven. We have a large enough squad, thus we don’t want to add more players. We have youthful athletes as well as those from the
I don’t want to recruit large numbers every year, so this summer will likely be one of our biggest in terms of numbers.
“I’ve had the opportunity to work with players for fifteen games. After evaluating them, I can say that those players are the ones that can best express my vision for our style. We’re going to emerge from this window far stronger than when we entered it.
The striker, who made his debut for the first team in November, is among the players scheduled to be released from the south coast team this summer. He recently participated in a two-week trial with the under-21 Lions squad. Folarin made his Millwall debut in a Professional Development League match against Coventry.
He is currently awaiting word on whether the team would be open to signing him this summer on a free transfer.