'We'll See': Charlton star addresses future amid Millwall and Leicester City links

Millwall and Leicester City had also shown transfer interest in Lyndon Dykes before the player joined Charlton Athletic.

Charlton Athletic striker Lyndon Dykes has addressed his future amid a successful short term spell at The Valley this season.

Lyondon Dykes has impressed at The Valley so far. | Getty Images

placeholder image — Lyondon Dykes has impressed at The Valley so far. | Getty Images

The 30-year-old is currently away on international duty with Scotland as he looks to cement a place in the squad for the World Cup this summer. Dykes played 63 minutes in the 1-0 defeat to Japan last week with Scotland set to take on Ivory Coast on Tuesday night.

The striker signed for Charlton Athletic from Birmingham City in January in the hope of securing more playing time ahead of the World Cup. Since then, the former QPR bagsman has picked up two goals and three assists in his 13 outings for the Addicks.

Dykes’ impact in the Championship is believed to have turned the heads of rivals. The Daily Mail reported that both Millwall and Leicester City ‘showed interest’ in January but were beaten to the transfer by the Addicks. The outlet suggests that interest in the player remains.

Charlton Athletic striker Dykes confronts future ahead of contract expiry

While on international duty, Dykes has spoken about his time at The Valley, having only signed until the end of the 2025/26 campaign. He told the BBC: "Really enjoying my time there. The main aim was getting game time and minutes, feeling good and making Charlton a better team hopefully and I think I've done that so far. We've got to finish the season strong, I am there until the summer and then we'll see what happens."

On Scotland duty, Dykes added: "You have to make sure you finish strong and finish fit and hopefully performing as well. We conceded a sloppy goal [v Japan], but these are games that we can learn from going into the World Cup.

"We don't want to be losing games, but the manager is trying new things out, he's got a bigger squad and I'm sure he'll use a lot of the squad for the next game. It is another test and another team we haven't played before and it is going to cause us more challenges."

Dykes has made 190 appearances in the Championship and 100 appearances in the Scottish Championship but has never played in the Premier League. A move to The Den could offer the veteran talisman that opportunity.

The Lions sit fourth in the second tier after 39 outings, just two points off Middlesbrough and the automatic promotion places. Millwall are also a comfortable six points clear of Southampton in seventh.

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