Charlton won promotion from League One last season, beating Sunderland in the play-off final at WembleyEast Street Investments has completed its takeover of Championship club Charlton Athletic, ending Roland Duchatelet's spell as owner. A deal with ESI was first announced at the end of November, subject to English Football League approval. "This is a hugely exciting time for everybody involved with Charlton Athletic and I believe the club is in safe hands with His Excellency Tahnoon Nimer, Matt Southall and Jonathan Heller." New Charlton chairman Southall added: "This is a great opportunity for ESI and we are thankful to Roland Duchatelet and his team for giving us the chance to build on such strong foundations. But a group of supporters objected to how he and former chief executive Katrien Meire were running the club and formed a coalition group called Campaign Against Roland Duchatelet (CARD), urging Duchatelet to sell.

Source: BBC January 02, 2020 14:10 UTC