Lee Bowyer gave an update on the transfer situation on Tuesday‎:

“We were hoping to bring in a player at the start of the week but the club we’re loaning him from said: ‘Look, we need him for the cup game’. I’m still confident we’ll bring him in, the deal is all in place, so we’ll hopefully sort everything out after the cup game.

“Like when we brought Krystian (Bielik) in (from Arsenal), we just need to be patient to get the quality of player we really want.

“There is another one we are negotiating with at the moment.”

The statement is a clear indication that the player in question is West Ham midfielder, Josh Cullen.

The identity of the second player Bowyer mentions remains something of a mystery. There has been plenty of speculation, but little concrete evidence of who it might be.

Next up for the Addicks is a trip to Chris Powell’s Southend on Saturday.

The Shrimpers are in mid-table having won two, drawn one and lost two of their opening five fixtures.

Southend are not a high scoring side, so Bowyer will be hoping his team can convert a reasonable percentage of the chances that come their way.

Charlton may have Tariqe Fosu and Jason Pearce available for this game, and  hopefully a new face or two as well.