Valley favourite Chris Powell turns down chance to make Charlton Athletic return

Chris Powell turned down the chance to make a Charlton Athletic return as interim manager following the sacking of Dean Holden.

The Addicks fired Holden on Sunday with recent results leaving them languishing at the wrong end of the League One table.

And the South London Press understands that Powell, who won promotion both as a player and manager with the South Londoners, was asked about taking the managerial reins at the weekend.

Powell has a strong affinity with the Addicks and was in charge of the team that stormed to the League One title in the 2011-12 campaign. The former England international, who was also part of Gareth Southgate’s backroom team, decided it was not the right time to make the move after weighing up the approach.

Powell had 161 matches in charge of Charlton before he was sacked by Roland Duchatelet in March 2014. He went on to manage at Huddersfield Town and Southend United before taking a key role in Tottenham’s academy.

Powell left Spurs earlier this month.

 

Struggling Championship Outfit To Beat Charlton Athletic For £1 Million Attacker

Rotherham United are close to completing the signing of Exeter City’s star centre-forward Sam Nombe and the player will undergo a medical today, according to The Mirror.

It was reported by the South London Press at the end of July that Charlton Athletic made contact with the Grecians over the possible signing of Nombe but the Addicks were far off Exeter’s £1 million valuation for the attacker.

Barnsley have also been linked with the 24-year-old forward as Neill Collins was keen to bolster his attacking department but it looks as though Championship outfit Rotherham United are set to win the race.

The Millers’ head coach Matt Taylor bought Nombe during his four-year stint at St. James Park and is now hoping to reunite with the striker before the transfer deadline passes this Friday.

Speaking to the press at the weekend, Exeter City boss Gary Caldwell admitted that Nombe could leave for the right price [quotes via MKCitizen]:

“If we get a huge bid like we said, then we are a football club that knows players have to leave for the right price, and then we will look at it.”

MK Dons will receive a percentage of the transfer fee should Rotherham United get this deal over the line as the League Two club inserted a sell-on clause into his contract when Nombe was sold to Exeter in 2021.

Nombe has just twelve months remaining on his current deal with the League One side. Exeter City were at risk of losing the number ‘9’ for free next summer but have now decided to cash in on the 15-goal frontman.

Writer’s View

Nombe will add real quality to Rotherham United’s attacking ranks and is someone that Taylor’s side is missing.

The Millers have had an abhorrent start to the campaign, losing three times and drawing just once in four matches. Shipping ten goals in four matches is a real concern but scoring merely five in four is also troublesome so Nombe may help the latter cause.