Macauley Bonne seals Charlton Athletic return – former QPR striker signs until end of the season

Charlton Athletic have signed Macauley Bonne on a deal until the end of the season.

The 27-year-old was a free agent after his contract was terminated by QPR earlier in the January transfer window.

It is Bonne’s second spell at the South London club. He scored 12 goals in all competitions in the 2019-20 campaign and that led to the R’s agreeing a deal worth up to £2million for the striker.

Charlton only paid £200,000 for Bonne when they signed him from Leyton Orient in the summer of 2019 after winning promotion to the Championship.

The frontman has also addressed comments he made after sealing his transfer to QPR.

“As soon as I heard they were interested my head was turned straight away,” Bonne said at the time. “I’ll even say it – that my head was turned.”

Those comments went down poorly with some of the Addicks fanbase.

“This club changed my life,” said Bonne, after his return was confirmed. “I came from playing non-league to the Championship and they took a hit on me when no one else would. I have a lot of respect for the club.

“None of what I said in the past was ever meant to disrespect the club whatsoever. I am back here now to pick up from where I left off – scoring goals, making people and myself happy in football and that is very important.”

Charlton manager Dean Holden added: “I’ve spoken to Macauley in depth. Those couple of years he’s been away he’s not enjoyed it like he enjoyed it here. He absolutely loved playing for this football club.

“He chases everything down, he’s a goalscorer, he’s got Championship experience and he scored goals at this level last season with Ipswich. He’s really hungry to pull that shirt on and do well for this football club and that for me tells me everything I need to know.”

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