The Addicks completed the signing of Elliot Lee on Thursday and the club’s Director of Football Steve Gallen was delighted to be able to sign the attacking midfielder.
The 26-year-old joined on a season-long loan from Luton Town, becoming Charlton’s eighth signing of the summer in the process.
Gallen said: “I’m very pleased we’ve been able to bring Elliot in, he is a terrific player with a lot of quality. We’ve been wanting to add to our squad in that area behind the strikers and Elliot can play as an attacking midfielder, a second striker or off either wing. He’s tricky, he’s creative, he’s difficult for defenders and importantly he creates and scores goals.
“Not only is he a good footballer but you speak to people about him and they all say what a good character he is too and that is important for us when we are bringing a player in. There is a good team spirit in the squad already and Elliot will only add to that.”
While the Addicks have been aware of Lee for a long time, they had to move sharply to get their man.
“It all happened very quickly in the end,” Gallen explained. “Obviously he’s a player we’ve kept an eye on and we were ready when the opportunity came up to bring him in. I do have to thank Gary Sweet and Mick Harford at Luton who have helped us get the deal done quickly.”
It has been a busy summer for the Addicks with Jayden Stockley, Craig MacGillivray, George Dobson, Akin Famewo, Sean Clare, Charlie Kirk and Corey Blackett-Taylor already arriving but Gallen insisted his work is far from done ahead of Tuesday’s deadline.
“We’re really pleased we’ve signed Elliot but as always with a player signing I have to be like ‘Great, we’ve signed him, that’s eight players this summer. What next?’. We’ll have more business to do before Tuesday’s deadline, that I can tell you. The phone doesn’t stop ringing and we’re focussed on bringing in the right players for this football club.”
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