{"id":62204,"date":"2026-09-01T15:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/62204\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T15:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:18:21","slug":"charlton-athletic-in-talks-to-sign-afc-wimbledon-hotshot-junior-nkeng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/62204\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlton Athletic in talks to sign AFC Wimbledon hotshot Junior Nkeng"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charlton Athletic<\/a> are in talks with AFC Wimbledon<\/a> over a transfer for highly rated forward Junior Nkeng, according to Pete O\u2019Rourke.<\/p>\n

Charlton Athletic<\/a> are working to land a late transfer coup on Deadline Day, with talks underway to sign AFC Wimbledon<\/a> forward Junior Nkeng.<\/p>\n

Several clubs across England and Europe are said to have considered a move for the 19-year-old this summer, following an impressive breakthrough campaign in League One last term.<\/p>\n

Transfer specialist Pete O\u2019Rourke<\/a> now reports that it is the Addicks who are frontrunners to land a deal, with active talks into the final hours of the deadline.<\/p>\n

Nottingham Forest and Serie A side Lecce are both named as potential suitors for Nkeng but the London outfit are said to be \u2018confident\u2019 that the winger will be a Charlton Athletic<\/a> player by the deadline tonight.<\/p>\n

Nkeng was born in Barcelona but began his journey into football with the academy at Tottenham Hotspur, before eventually moving to AFC Wimbledon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The forward has enjoyed loan spells at Kingstonian, Chelmsford City and Chatham Town but had made himself an important part of the AFC Wimbledon<\/a> first team over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n

The player\u2019s versatility was used as a real asset to the League One outfit, with the youngster deployed as a left winger, left back, right winger, central midfielder and even centre forward at points last term.<\/p>\n

Nkeng scored two goals in the third tier, both coming in a brace against Leyton Orient<\/a> in March, and has been used as a substitute on two occasions so far this season.<\/p>\n

Johnnie Jackson: \u2018Obvious\u2019 Nkeng would attract suitors<\/p>\n

One of those cameos was against Wigan Athletic<\/a> last weekend as Nkeng helped inspire AFC Wimbledon<\/a> to a 1-0 victory, causing problems for the Latics defence and helping push his side to an 88th-minute winner, scored by Myles Hippolute.<\/p>\n

Speaking after that game, AFC Wimbledon<\/a> boss Johnnie Jackson admitted that the forward could be on his way out of the Cherry Red Record Stadium before the deadline.<\/p>\n

Jackson said: \u201cHopefully he is with us, but the performances that he has been putting in are obviously going to catch people\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith 48 hours to go, I don\u2019t know what is going to happen. So selfishly, I hope he is here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Charlton Athletic<\/a> move for the player comes following the departures of Daniel Kanu, Tanto Olaofe, Gassan Ahadme and Lyndon Dykes this summer.<\/p>\n

The Addicks had been set to add Crystal Palace winger Jesurun Rak-Sakyi<\/a> to their squad last week, but a deal for the wide man fell through late on.<\/p>\n

Nkeng would add a similar profile to Rak-Sakyi, but is four years younger, pointing to a potentially higher ceiling for his future at Charlton Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Junior Nkeng: Player Profile & Statistics<\/p>\n

Age: 19 \/ Position: Forward<\/p>\n

Current Club: AFC Wimbledon<\/a><\/p>\n

2025\/26 League One Stats: 24 appearances, 2 goals, 0 assists.<\/p>\n

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