Charlton are planning ahead, despite the ongoing uncertainty regarding the ownership of the club.

In an interview with the SLP’s Richard Cawley, Lee Bowyer revealed that Joe Aribo, Tariqe Fosu, Karlan Grant, George Lapslie, Reeco Hackett-Fairchild, Lewis Page, and Dillon Phillips had all been offered new deals:

“We’ve offered deals to all of them, now they will speak to their agents and come back to us.

“It is not all going to be done overnight, but we’ve made what we feel is a fair offer to all of them.

“No doubt they will probably come back and say ‘no’ and we’ll have to go again. This is the early stages of it,” said Bowyer.

There will be negotiations before any of the group put pen to paper, and some of them will need assurances on certain aspects of their future.

Phillips probably feels his career has stalled. He was promised a loan move by Karl Robinson last year, but nothing materialised.

He may feel he has been harshly treated by Bowyer this campaign, and will probably see how things pan out over the rest of the season before making a decision.

Bowyer also told Cawley that despite missing his second spot-kick of the season at Rochdale on Saturday, Lyle Taylor will remain as his nominated penalty taker.

Bowyer revealed that it was Taylor’s decision to hand over penalty taking duties to Fosu at Luton, after the striker had fluffed his lines against Plymouth:

“There is nothing wrong with the penalty, it’s right in the bottom corner and probably a foot inside the post and he’s hit it with power.

“You have got to remember that goalkeepers study players – where they put their penalties and what their favourite side is.

“Lyle changed that last time and went down the middle. It’s a guessing game – a 50-50 chance for the keepers. It will always be that way.

“Nothing changes for me. If Lyle says ‘you know what, I’m not going to take one’ then that’s his decision. But in my eyes, he takes the next one.

“Because the next person can step up and the keeper could save that as well.

“You have got to draw a line. Lyle is our penalty taker and if he doesn’t fancy it, like he didn’t the other week when Tariqe took it (at Luton), then that happens.‎ But he has first refusal.‎”

Some might question if Taylor’s penalty at Rochdale was as good as Bowyer claims.

It had power for sure, but it was fairly obvious which side it was going, and it was at a comfortable height for the keeper.

It will be interesting to see who steps up if the Addicks are awarded a penalty against Doncaster on Saturday.