Charlton Athletic-focused journalist Louis Mendez recently posted a tweet that included a link to an article from The Sun which claims that former Swansea City chairman Huw Jenkins is “ready to buy” the club.
This report comes after the Addicks recently confirmed via their official website that “the club has received notice of a change in ownership at East Street Investments”, which had completed a takeover of Charlton back in January.
As explained by this article from The Sun, Swansea managed to achieve promotion to the Premier League during Jenkins’ time as chairman, and this fact may have gone down well with the Charlton fans who have been responding to this post, as many of them have shared a positive reaction to this alleged news.
Read the replies of some Addicks supporters to Mendez’s tweet sharing this report in the tweets below.
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Huw Jenkins ready to buy troubled Charlton – and end disastrous Nimar-Southall ownership https://t.co/i6uc2prtKU #cafc
— Louis Mendez (@LouisMend) May 24, 2020
Aparantly loaded now so not skint as people might think he tried getting Swansea back last year
— Jonathan Acworth-Waldegrave (@JonathanAcwort1) May 24, 2020
He did some good things at Swansea so would seem a decent fit, but does he have the funding??? And this journo always gets everything wrong. Any @SwansOfficial fans have an opinion?
— smaclennan (@Maccn5) May 24, 2020
Keep your fingers crossed ladies and gents!! This would be a good fit!!?? Someone who is used to dealing with a club our size. Just someone who’s honest, pays the bills, and keeps us competitive please ?? #cafc
— Ryan Mason (@UniversalMSLtd) May 24, 2020
Would you like to see Huw Jenkins at The Valley?YES, HE'S BETTER THAN NIMER
NO, I DON'T WANT HIM
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Surely not, a owner with actual experience of running a championship football club?
— Jack Bennett (@jbennett1997) May 24, 2020
Will take Mr Jenkins all day long
— David Powell (@powelldavid9) May 24, 2020
Alan Nixon can get it very wrong when talking about Charlton – Wonder why he’s now happy to release the article when he’s been so vague in his tweets of late
Hopefully means its close to happening, I’ll be happy with Jenkins, relieved it wont be Bassini!!
— Neil Stevens (@4everAddickted) May 24, 2020
Looks like hes gonna buy us this week, and I can’t wait huw this person will buy us and get us to the prem!!!
— WellingUTD_fanpage (@JoshuaCampopia3) May 24, 2020
Mixed reviews about Jenkins, surely can’t be worse then the current situation we find ourselves in? ?
— Dan (@danistheman_10) May 24, 2020
What do we think?
As per the Evening Standard, Charlton’s majority shareholder Tahnoon Nimer has failed to provide source and sufficiency of funding to the EFL since completing a takeover of the club back in January. This has likely led to his decision to part with his stake in the club.
Considering that Jenkins has got experience with running football clubs successfully, he may be a better option than the current regime at The Valley and it may be understandable why many Addicks fans have responded positively to this news.