Duchâtelet Puts League One Side Charlton Athletic Up For Sale

Roland Duchâtelet, the "controversial" owner of League One side Charlton Athletic, put the club up for sale and admitted that he "should not have invested in football," according to Gary Jacob of the LONDON TIMES. The Belgian bought Charlton "nearly four years ago" when it was in the League Championship but has "faced strong protests from supporters in recent seasons over the way that he has run the club." Supporters' group Coalition Against Roland Duchâtelet has "put pressure on him to either invest or sell his stake in the club." Until now, Duchâtelet, 71, had been "adamant that he would not sell Charlton." Duchâtelet said, "I have not decided anything, I am open to possible offers, I will take the time to think, but contrary to popular belief I have not made any money from football, this rarely happens for investors, those who say otherwise are wrong" (LONDON TIMES, 12/1).