Manager Brian Barry-Murphy on securing the signature of “talented” Abraham Odoh on a deal until the summer of 2022…
“He’s a very exciting player and he ties into what I’ve spoken about previously. We have a clear vision of where we want the club to go, despite a whole host of difficulties and uncertainties this season with regards to finance.
“It has probably been our most difficult year in terms of what we have and haven’t got in terms of finance at the club, but we have managed to retain and acquire some seriously talented young players, and Abraham very much fits into that category.
“He was a young lad who had a very bright future at a very early age. He left Millwall Academy and then burst onto the scene at Charlton, and for whatever reason hasn’t been able to progress there, but he’s part of what we see as a core group of very young players who we can develop.
“We can offer him the chance of playing league football which probably helped us in this case because he had a lot of suitors at top Category 1 clubs in the Premier League but mainly at U23 level.
“So he’s very similar to Kwadwo Baah in terms of his background and where he has come from, and very similar, from our point of view, in terms of what we can offer, which has enabled us to acquire such a talented young player ahead of the so called giants of the game.
“It’s very much in line with where we see the club going over the next couple of years, developing seriously talented young players that aren’t costing the club a fortune but can become serious assets which we need even more at this difficult time.”