The soccer ball coverage by the New York Times is suddenly taking an interest in Charlton.
They report: Crystal Palace forward Jesurun Rak-Sakyi is close to joining Charlton Athletic. A deal worth in excess of £4 million for the 23-year-old to return to the Valley is expected to be completed.
Rak-Sakyi spent the 2022-23 season on loan at Charlton
during their League One campaign, winning their player of the year award after
scoring 15 times in 49 appearances across all competitions.
He was then kept at Palace the following season playing just
eight times, being denied the opportunity for a temporary move away, before
playing 36 times for Sheffield United in the Championship in 2024-25, scoring
seven times.
Last summer The Athletic reported that
Scottish side Rangers had made an offer to loan Rak-Sakyi with a potential
obligation buy worth up to £10m rejected by Palace, who sought a fee closer to
the £20m Ipswich Town paid Chelsea for Omari Hutchinson.
He eventually was loaned to Caykur Rizespor in Turkey last
season where he played 13 times and scored four goals before moving to Stoke
City in January and playing a further 16 games.
Rak-Sakyi, who has been capped by England at Under-20 and
Under-21 level, has failed to make an impression sufficient to force his way
into the Palace squad and he was not in Palace’s plans this season with a year
remaining on a five-year contract he signed in 2022.'
£5m had been quoted as a price, so clearly a better deal has been secured. It will be difficult for moaners to complain that the owners have stinted the manager in this transfer window.
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