3 managers Charlton Athletic must consider to replace Johnnie Jackson

Charlton Athletic owner Thomas Sandgaard is on the lookout for another new manager to take charge at The Valley following Johnnie Jackson’s surprise departure on Tuesday afternoon.

A 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Ipswich Town at Portman Road on Saturday afternoon meant that the Addicks finished the 2021-22 League One season in 13th position – a long way from where they were perhaps expected to be following their summer recruitment.

Nigel Adkins lost his job following a poor start to the campaign and was replaced by former player Jackson – intially on a caretaker basis before behind handed the job full-time – but after a promising start he was unable to lift the Londoners into the play-off picture.

Sandgaard has now made the decision to not extend Jackson’s contract ahead of the summer, where a big rebuild will be needed – but who is next for the Addicks? Let’s take a look at THREE candidates that should be considered.

Mark Warburton

If it is experience that Sandgaard wants then when it comes to managers who are out of work and may fancy trying to get a club up from League One, then Warburton would probably be the man.

An ambitious move maybe, but if Sandgaard is prepared to back the new manager then the 59-year-old could be tempted as he gets set to depart Queens Park Rangers when the current campaign is over.

Warburton has managed in the Championship for nearly all of his career, bar a stint north of the border at Rangers, but he did win promotion with Brentford from League One in the 2013-14 season.

Michael Appleton

Like Jackson has, Appleton lost his job not long after the League One season came to a conclusion when he mutually parted ways with Lincoln City.

When you look at the clubs that Appleton has been at as a