DEJI’S SO GRATEFUL FOR LEE’S TRUST IN MIDFIELD
DEJI Oshilaja has thanked Charlton manager Lee Bowyer for his trust after adopting a new role in midfield.
The 26-year-old defender has played further up field for the Addicks this term to cover for injuries and suspensions.
He said: “I’m enjoying it. I’m constantly learning and I’ve got an experienced player in Prats (Darren Pratley) next to me. He’s constantly talking to me, and the gaffer has continued to talk to me.
“To put me in there shows that he’s got great trust in me and I think I’ve done well. I’ll continue to work hard wherever he puts me.
“We’ve got a good squad and, obviously, the boys that have been playing have done very well.
“The gaffer changes it quite a lot and whenever someone comes in, they do well.
“So we’ve got to continue working and whoever does play will give 100 per cent.” Charlton announced last week that Abu Dhabi-based corporation East Street Investments had agreed a deal to purchase the club.
But Oshilaja is only focused on matters on the field.
He said: “As players, we just concentrate on the football side of things.
“The gaffer has spoken to us and said that we need to just worry about the football side of things.
“We’ll do our thing on the pitch and, hopefully, get some more results, and if that (the new ownership) does happen it will be great news for the fans as it’s clearly something that’s been in the pipeline for a while.
“We’ll just continue to do our thing and, when it does happen, I’m sure it will be a great thing.
“As professionals, we can’t really focus on that. Our job is to play football and we need to concentrate on what we can affect and that’s playing and training hard.”