Charlton Athletic boss Les Reed has failed in a bid to
strengthen his beleaguered squad after Hibs rejected a £3million
offer for Scott Brown and Kevin Thomson.
Reed is desperate to bolster a side that is entrenched in the
Premiership's relegation zone and which crashed to an embarrassing
home defeat to League Two side Wycombe Wanderers on Tuesday in the
last eight of the Carling Cup.
Hibs chairman Rod Petrie told the SPL side's official website: "I
arrived at the office on Tuesday morning to see that an email had
been received overnight from Andrew Mills, the General Manager of
Charlton Athletic - Andrew is a former players' agent.
"Andrew had called a number of weeks ago expressing interest in two
of our players but made no offer at that time either over the phone
or by letter.
"The email from Andrew contained an unsigned offer of £3million for
the transfer of both Scott Brown and Kevin Thomson subject to
certain conditions. I sent an email back to Charlton Athletic
rejecting their offer at 9.17am yesterday (Tuesday) morning.
"Despite the offer having been rejected, Charlton Athletic and
their contacts chose to make the matter public for their own
purposes. Contrary to all the media speculation in recent weeks,
this is the only offer we have received for either player from any
club."