Nathan Jones was pleased to see that the Addicks will start their 2025/26 Championship campaign with a home game.
Watford visit The Valley on Saturday, August 9th (KO 12.30pm BST).
The Charlton Manager said: “I’m really looking forward to being back at The Valley, I think it’s important we started here [at The Valley] to get acclimatised to the Championship and to continue that momentum that we finished with in the play-offs. We’re delighted to get underway in a league that we’ve worked so hard to get into.”
The Welshman was then asked what fixtures he was most looking forward to for the upcoming campaign.
“You look at the derbies like Millwall,” he explained. “You also look for your old clubs, and going back to Wales, as well as the fixtures around Christmas. We won’t put too much of an emphasis on individual games though, what we have to do is make sure were really competitive.”
The Addicks have already secured the signing of midfielder Sonny Carey, arriving through the door from Blackpool, and Jones is looking to add to his squad.
“It’s busy,” he said. “It’ll be one of our toughest windows, in terms of finishing late and then going into a competitive league, with huge budgets where we’ll be competing against a different level of recruitment. It’s been a bit slower than usual, but we’re in a good place. We want to significantly improve the squad. We’re working tirelessly to do that.”
The men from SE7 will travel to Slovenia for a pre-season camp, concluding in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Croatian side HNK Gorica
Jones added: “Slovenia is pivotal to how we prepare, bedding in new players and nailing down tactics. There are also some real good bonding sessions out there, and a lot of goal setting. We are really looking forward to it. It’s a wonderful place, and they always look after us.”
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(Article by Joe Robinson)
