Charlton Athletic boss Nathan Jones has outlined why Blues pair Freddie Ladapo, Panutche Camara and other loanees haven’t featured in recent weeks.

Striker Ladapo, 31, joined the Addicks on loan in January, while midfielder Camara, 27, has spent the season at the Valley.

However, Ladapo hasn’t featured since the start of this month and Camara since February, while fellow loanees Lewis Fiorini, Tyreeq Bakinson, who previously had a spell with the Blues, and Louie Watson have also been omitted.

Following yesterday’s 1-1 home draw with Shrewsbury, Jones, who took charge in February, was asked whether this was due to them not being in his long-term plans.

“It’s a bit of a coincidence and a bit of that,” he told the South London Press. “We’ve had loan players in here – I don’t like taking loans because if we believe in the work we do, I don’t want to develop other players for them.

“We want to develop our own players. We have got good enough young players here and players here that we can develop our own assets – that’s what I like doing.

“Very rarely if one comes available – for example at Luton we took [Leicester midfielder] Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall because he was a Premier League player but playing in the Championship, because we felt we could have him for a year.

“But unless someone is head and shoulders above us, I won’t take a loan unless the will give us a real, real zest – a real quality.

“When I picked the bench I wanted to be as positive as I possibly could. We went with as many frontmen and athletes as we could.”

Camara, who has made six starts and seven sub appearances during his loan spell at Charlton, is out of contract with the Blues at the end of the season and despite the club having an option for a further season, looks certain to move on permanently having made only one start and three sub appearances for Town, scoring once.

Ladapo, who has made eight starts and six sub appearances, scoring once, has another year remaining on his Blues contract but seems likely to depart on a permanent basis in the close season. The frontman has scored 25 goals in 33 starts and 42 sub appearances since joining the club in the summer of 2022 after leaving Rotherham.

Meanwhile, Blues trio Finley Barbrook, Nick Hayes and Ryan Carr will be involved in the Vanarama National League play-offs with their loan clubs.

Keeper Hayes, who is with Solihull Moors, who finished fifth in the National League, go straight to the National League play-off semi-final as sixth-placed Gateshead have been forced to drop out after failing to meet the EFL's entry criteria.

The Moors will face Gatehead next month, however, when the clubs meet at Wembley in the FA Trophy final.

Academy Player of the Year Barbrook and Chelmsford finished second in National League South and will host Braintree Town or Bath City next weekend.

Midfielder Carr’s Aveley ended the season seventh in National League South and are away at Maidstone United in the play-off quarter-finals on Wednesday.

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Europablue added 13:40 - Apr 21 That attitude seems short-sighted especially as these players are out on loan trying to earn a move and Ladapo is a top quality League One goal scorer if used correctly.
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Juggsy added 13:50 - Apr 21 What a strange fella. Also probably deluded to think he could develop Freddie Ladapo further than Kieran McKenna has. Such a shame about Kamara, looks a real player when fit but horribly injury prone.
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BlueandTruesince82 added 14:40 - Apr 21 You'd think an element of at least Ladapo being a top L1 striker and we want him here next year might kick in
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soclopath added 14:55 - Apr 21 It intrigues me who instigated these loans for Charlton,it sounds as everyone save for the manager thought it a good idea.
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acj added 15:27 - Apr 21 soclopath - these loans were done before Nathan Jones took over at Charlton. As it says in the article, he only took the manager’s job there in February.
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soclopath added 17:35 - Apr 21 Whenever he arrived why not capitalise on Freddie.
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Nutkins_Return added 19:47 - Apr 21 Nathan Jones didn't bring them in and since they have been safe from relegation I can't blame him at all. He needs to prepare his side for next season and his priority is his club. Ladapo was poor for them when he has played unfortunately. Camara just can't get a break. Hope he has a really good season for someone next year.
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Tractorboy58 added 19:48 - Apr 21 Bring them back and tell Charlton to F*** O**
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JewellintheTown added 21:32 - Apr 21 Shot himself in the foot with those comments. When he needs loan players to fill gaps, which manager of another team is going to want to send them to Jones for further development? Which players will want to go? KM has the right attitude & look how our loans have been trusted to us & the part they've played in our success. KM has played it the right way. Ignorant & short sighted from Jones.

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churchmans added 23:50 - Apr 21 Not in charltons plans and won't be at PR next season tells you all you need to know
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shakytown added 01:41 - Apr 22 Sounds like he want to develop younger players and not players in twilight of their careers. Look what happened when we got rid of the real blokes and old dead wood
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bobble added 07:17 - Apr 22 sound like an intelligent manager planning long term success,, good luck to him..
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jayceee added 07:50 - Apr 22 "I don’t want to develop other players for them". I guess he doesn't understand the principle of the loanee system. Good luck to him getting loans in the future if they're ever needed - which is often. What an a-hole.
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TomCruise added 08:30 - Apr 22 Interesting, clearly these were not ‘All the right moves’. Appreciate you guys. Love and learning. Tom x
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Lord_Mac added 10:06 - Apr 22 Charlton Athletic won't figure in our plans in future years either. Let em stew in the lower reaches of League One.
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Kickingblock added 10:37 - Apr 22 Nathan Jones, you've been gone too long.
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d77sgw added 11:43 - Apr 22 This will be Charlton FC who have won 1 of their last 7 games...
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Tractor_Boy_in_HK added 12:32 - Apr 22 If we were safe from relegation but struggling in L1 we'd have the same attitude, so I can't blame N Jones. Not great our players are caught in the middle of it, but that's the risk of loaning players out. Neither are in our plans, so it really doesn't matter other than perhaps costing us a few quid on a Ladapo transfer.
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OliveR16 added 14:29 - Apr 22 The comments here are very kind to Jones who is known for his nasty quotes. Perhaps most famously though for complaining, "They had three crosses and scored three goals" (at Southampton I think) as a self defence when everyone pointed out that was exactly the problem. He has treated these loanees badly. He should not be excused.
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tractorboybig added 15:50 - Apr 22 He is quite right, develop your own not for someone else
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rugbytomc added 17:09 - Apr 22 Loans are part and parcel of football. Charlton have clearly brought in too many like we have in the past. But the lower the league you’re in the more likely you are to need them. So I’d be surprised if after saying that many people want to go there on loan next year. Jones is just a bit useless I suspect he’ll be sacked soon enough (again)
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Tractor_Boy_in_HK added 04:13 - Apr 23 If not playing loanees is treating them "badly" and "should not be excused" then I guess Kieran is a terrible inexcusable manager for not playing Scarlett which led to him being recalled. Or maybe it's that the manager has to do what's best for his team, even if the loanees and parent clubs don't like it.
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ipswichone added 17:36 - Apr 28 Don't take on any loan players,if that is your attitude. Know wonder you are such a bad manager
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