Lee Bowyer has thanked Charlton owner Roland Duchatelet for extending his caretaker role until the end of the season.

Duchatelet, who is in advanced talks with two parties interested in buying the club, has placed his trust in Bowyer to get the Addicks out of League One.

The caretaker manager has won his first three games to lift Charlton up to sixth.

He said: “I was told late on Tuesday but mainly Wednesday morning [that I’d be in charge for the rest of the campaign].

“I was delighted and thanked Roland for trusting me until the end of the season.

“It’s a good opportunity to finish what I’ve started. We've got seven games to go with stability. That’s good for everyone.

“We just have to keep winning games. That’s it. Everybody knows that and that’s what I’ll be trying to do.

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“If everybody is happy with what they're seeing on the pitch then that makes me happy.

“The biggest thing for me is the way the players are competing and working hard as a team and showing a togetherness.

“That’s more important than the playing side because I know they can play.”

It’s been a rapid rise into management for Bowyer, who was working with Charlton’s midfielders just two-days-a-week in an unofficial role last year.

He was appointed assistant manager for the 2017/18 campaign, before replacing Karl Robinson in the Valley hotseat last month.

Bowyer added: “I’ve been in the game long enough to realise that things change so quickly in football.

“I would never have thought I’d be sitting here as caretaker manager a month ago. It is what it is. I’m in this situation and I’ve just got to enjoy it.”

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