The club retained the sponsorship of the Spanish property company, Llanera, who declared bankruptcy during the season.
Pre-season was dominated by the transfer speculation involving England striker Darren Bent.
A fee was agreed with West Ham United, but the player himself rejected the deal,[1] instead choosing to join Tottenham Hotspur two weeks later for a club record sale of £17 million.
[2] A number of other key players, such as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink,[3] Talal El Karkouri,[3] Hermann Hreiðarsson Scott Carson and Alex Song, also left the club after relegation.
At the end of the season, Charlton finished 12th losing several matches, the worst being the embarrassing 3–0 loss to struggling Barnsley.