The Coalition Against Roland Duchatelet has urged Charlton fans to boycott buying next season’s season tickets in protest against the running of the club.
C.A.R.D. have called for fans to ‘make a stand’ against the Belgian owner until there is clarity over manager, player and the sale of the club commitments.
Charlton Athletic made headlines last week following Duchatelet’s outspoken views on the state of the club and where the club stand in regard to the sale of the outfit.
Duchatelet's phone interview with talkSPORT’s Jim White caused uproar amongst fans, where among other things he suggested that he spends as little as 2% of his time on club issues and that he should have never been allowed to buy the club.
Fans were also left embarrassed when he later went on record suggesting that the EFL should buy the club from him.
'Club in Chaos'
With a number of key personnel including manager Lee Bowyer and assistant Johnny Jackson out of contract in the summer, the coalition has urged fans to take action.
“It must now be apparent to everyone, whatever their position over the last five years, that behind the scenes the club is in chaos and the owner is out of control.
"There is no commitment to the staff, no commitment to the players, no commitment to the manager and hence no commitment to the fans.
"Why would any supporter want to make a financial commitment to Duchâtelet in return?
“CARD believes that the fans’ forum should advise the club not to bring forward any season-ticket plan until it has a credible offer to make, including a commitment to the manager, a commitment to a proper squad of players and a serious effort to sell the club to new owners of whatever nationality at a credible market price.
“If the club does not heed this advice then we will campaign for fans to reject its season-ticket offer until it does. In effect we are calling for a strike that does not
impact on the current team.
"We give Duchâtelet notice that our response may also include lawful protests against him in Belgium.”
READ: Charlton's Lee Bowyer on Duchatelet's talkSPORT interview
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