Charlton Athletic to lose transfer race to Hull City as ex Addicks marksman set for £1.2m sale
Charlton Athletic are set to see one defensive target join a Championship rival following his departure from Sheffield Wednesday.
Hull City are set to pounce on the opportunity to sign centre-back Akin Famewo as a free agent this summer following his departure from Sheffield Wednesday.
The Tigers are under a transfer ban and unable to splurge on new signings over the next three windows. That has made the free agent market of vital importance to new head coach Sergej Jakirović.
Sheffield Wednesday are another second tier outfit facing financial woes and saw Famewo reject a new contract earlier this summer, in favour of leaving Hillsborough following the expiry of his deal.
Hull City set to sign Charlton Athletic target
The Star report that Charlton Athletic were one of the frontrunners to snap up the 26-year-old as Nathan Jones looks to add Championship experience to his squad. However, the player is now in talks with Hull City over a permanent move to the MKM Stadium.
Charlton Athletic manager Jones knows Famewo well thanks to his time at Luton Town. The defender was at Kenilworth Road between 2016 and 2019 and Jones has already been shopping at his former side this summer.
The Addicks are now not set to sign Famewo, but have already recruited defenders Reece Burke and Amari’i Bell from the Hatters, as well as goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski. Joe Rankin-Costello has also arrived from Blackburn to strengthen options at the back.
Ex Charlton Athletic talisman set for another transfer
Elsewhere in the Championship, transfer news that will pique the interest of Charlton Athletic fans is that Birmingham City striker Alfie May is set to return to League One with a move to Huddersfield Town, according to Football League World.
The forward spent the 2023/24 campaign at The Valley and scored an impressive 23 League One goals in 43 outings. His departure to join rivals Birmingham City 12 months ago turned heads and he went on to net 16 times for the Midlands side as they achieved promotion.
Huddersfield are set to pay £1.2 million for the 32-year-old, which is significantly more than the reported £750,000 forked out by Birmingham City to Charlton Athletic last year. May is set to become Huddersfield Town’s tenth signing of the summer window.
When leaving Charlton Athletic last year, May said: “It’s been a pleasure to play for a local club. I’ve been to plenty of Charlton games when I was younger. It’s a difficult one for me to be leaving my hometown but it’s football and I’m doing it for my family.
“The main reason for me is for the wife and kids. We knew moving into the London area was going to be a big ask for my Mrs and it was something new for her. She couldn’t get settled down here, she missed her family and friends. The other reason was my eldest was going into big school and got rejected from big school and tried to put into another one. We made a decision that I need to move closer to my family’s home. For me, it was the right thing to do.”
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