On-loan midfielder Lee Martin says he would love to join League One Charlton permanently if Town don’t want to keep him. The former Manchester United man has made a promising start to his Addicks career, scoring his first goal in last week’s Carling Cup defeat to Shrewsbury.

Martin said: “If I’m not wanted at Ipswich I would love to be at Charlton. In the two weeks I’ve been here I’ve felt more wanted than I did in my year at Ipswich. I’m enjoying my football and I’m looking forward to training."

Speaking shortly after the 23-year-old moved on loan to the Valley, Town boss Roy Keane said that the Blues could reassess Martin’s situation halfway through the season, hinting that he could be recalled if he impresses: “We were happy for Lee to go there to resurrect things because it’s gone a bit flat for Lee since he’s come here.

“He’ll get a run of games there and we’ll see how it pans out. We can look at it again in January.”

Martin joined Town from Manchester United last summer for a fee somewhere around the £1.6 million mark, signing a deal until 2013 on wages understood to be in the region of £13,000-a-week, much of which the Blues are likely to continue to be paying during his time with Charlton.

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towner1 added 14:46 - Aug 19 Haha harsh words washbrookblue, bit of jealousy coming across there i think!
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yorksblue added 14:56 - Aug 19 Forget the Man U connection. He was loaned out to Sheff Utd and Sunderland and was total pants at both. How on earth his over inflated signing and wages was ever sanctioned is completely beyond me.
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zippyrainbow added 15:10 - Aug 19 yorksblue - Martin was never at Sunderland but you are half right. He would have been pants there too !!!!
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zippyrainbow added 15:13 - Aug 19 Just thought of something. Maybe Keane thought that he was buying the original Lee Martin from Man Utd who scored the winning goal in the 1990 FA Cup final replay. Little did Keane know that he was buying this muppet doppelganger. Although, come to think of it the original Lee Martin was said to be crap too.
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Jesney_Havoc added 15:23 - Aug 19 Make yourself comfortable at our expense, why don't you ?
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Upbeat~ added 16:59 - Aug 19 Keep him on loan till he becomes their top goalscorer and then nick him back. He definitely has something, whatever that is.
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yorksblue added 17:01 - Aug 19 Zippy Sorry, meant to put Forest. Got Sunderland on the brain lol
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Happy2bBlue added 17:45 - Aug 19 What a knob this bloke is. We pay him 13k a week for nothing but rubbish and he slags us off for not loving him. The Intelligence of some of these players is unbelievable. Great Post by Suffolk_n_good just about sums him up. This is hardly the character we are looking for at this club and if this is the height of Charlton's ambition they'll be in league 1 for sometime to come.

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Back_The_Boss added 19:44 - Aug 19 He is getting some valuable experience and will come back to us a better player.
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under_the_sun666 added 19:50 - Aug 19 Keep lee martin! hes work rate is incredible, ok his passing is bad but he can improve!! plz plz plz keep him, give them soneone sh*t like priskin or sumthin
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Markie31 added 20:13 - Aug 19 I can't seem to see past that time he balls up that corner on live tv by kicking the corner flag....
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paul73 added 20:49 - Aug 19 the biggest pansy ive ever seen in a ipswich shirt.....talk about light-weight....how he gets away with calling himself a pro footballer ill never know!..would struggle in the s.i.l league.....tosser....
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stupidbigmouthhead added 21:17 - Aug 19 maybe its me but it looks as if he has put on a bit of weight
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ChambersM added 01:15 - Aug 20 look, i think hes useless too....sell him by all means, but is it really a crime to tell the truth and say he wasnt wanted by the club (only he knows that and us fans cannot pretend we know). Afterall you lot love it when keane 'speaks truthfully'...if he came out saying the players heart wasnt in it or something would you all be calling him a to$$ser? Its exactly the same principle....and i think this is the part where i call you all hypocrits for 'not supporting the club' because youre slagging off a player.....seeing as when i critisise keane (rightfully so) i get called a 'non-supporter'....utter bull$hit!!!!! P.S keane out.

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suffolksam added 06:47 - Aug 20 funny how when keane speaks his mind its great that he is such a wise oracle but when a player speaks his mind 99% of the comments on here are about what a useless player he is and how he should shut up and get lost etc...i thought the uk had freedom of speech for all and not just mediocre managers from the south of ireland
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haynes_is_a_ledgend added 08:23 - Aug 20 No roy lee martin is good bat as per you will play crap players just so you can say oh look I was right I told you he could play well. How about you try and play the good plays such as lee and yet you put him on loan
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lunatic38 added 22:08 - Aug 20 "Cows arse with a banjo" comes to mind with this knob.
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