{"id":567911,"date":"2020-10-01T14:32:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T18:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=567911"},"modified":"2020-10-01T14:32:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T18:32:36","slug":"charlton-athletic-sign-marcus-maddison-on-one-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/01\/charlton-athletic-sign-marcus-maddison-on-one-year-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlton Athletic Sign Marcus Maddison on One-Year Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charlton Athletic<\/a> have signed attacking midfielder Marcus Maddison<\/a> on a one-year deal, the club confirmed earlier today.<\/a><\/p>\n

The 27-year old free agent arrives at The Valley after six seasons at Peterborough United<\/a> and has the option to extend his contract until summer 2022.<\/p>\n

Charlton Sign Marcus Maddison for 2020\/21 Season<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Maddison ‘Delighted’ With Charlton Move<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Speaking to the club website, Maddison said<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m delighted, this has been going on for quite a while. There was interest in January, so I\u2019m pleased it\u2019s been done.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo have consistent admiration from the manager and for him to pursue me all these months down the line shows that he believes in me as a player and that\u2019s a massive deal for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a fresh start. The amount of time I\u2019ve had out makes you remember why you started playing football in the first place, so I\u2019m looking forward to getting started.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, manager Lee Bowyer was thrilled to secure the attacker\u2019s services.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cMarcus is someone we tried to bring here in January, but obviously the embargo was in place. We\u2019ve finally got our man.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe brings goals. His stats over the last few years are excellent, he regularly gets to double figures in goals and gets a lot of assists, so he brings about 25 goals to a team in a season.<\/p>\n

League One Legend
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After starting his career with non-league Gateshead, Maddison signed for Peterborough in 2014 and spent six seasons with the League One<\/a> side.<\/p>\n

The versatile midfielder made 249 appearances for the Posh, scoring 62 goals and providing 92 assists, before spending the end of last season on loan at Hull City.<\/p>\n

Maddison, a former England C international, is the Addicks’ fourth signing of the summer as the club try to bounce back to the Championship at the first attempt.<\/p>\n

Lee Bowyer\u2019s side currently sit 18th<\/sup> in League One, having won just one of their opening three matches.<\/p>\n

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