Charlton Athletic are delighted to announce the signing of midfielder Harvey Knibbs from Reading for an undisclosed fee.
The 26-year-old has put pen-to-paper on a four-year deal with the Addicks following an outstanding two-year spell with the Royals, where he scored 32 goals and provided 12 assists.
He becomes the club’s ninth signing of a busy summer following the arrivals of Sonny Carey, Thomas Kaminski, Tanto Olaofe, Amari’i Bell, Reece Burke, Joe Rankin-Costello, Rob Apter and Charlie Kelman.
After completing his move, Knibbs said: “I’m pleased to be here and glad it’s all done. The gaffer convinced me straight away - you can tell how passionate he is about what he’s doing, the team and the plans that he’s got for me. I’m excited to test myself at Championship level and I can’t wait for the season to start now.”
Manager Nathan Jones added: “I’m delighted we’ve been able to get the signing of Harvey over the line. We wanted to add goals to us over the summer and Harvey is a key player we earmarked a long time ago. He’s a goalscoring midfielder who is a consistent performer. He has good pedigree, he’s athletic, he scores goals and he’s young enough that he will continue to improve.”
The Bristol-born midfielder began his professional career at Aston Villa, where he signed his first contract in the summer of 2017.
Knibbs completed a permanent move to Cambridge United ahead of the 2019/20 campaign and finished his debut term with the U’s as their top scorer, before earning promotion to Sky Bet League One during the following season.
Having starred for Cambridge, he joined Reading in July 2023 and went on to feature 100 times for the Berkshire side, finishing as the club’s top scorer in both seasons.
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