Despite the summer transfer window closing on August 8th for Championship sides, Charlton Athletic managed to complete a deal for a player on Monday which had been in the pipeline for over a week.

Although the Addicks declared that they had submitted all the paperwork needed to sign Tomer Hemed from Brighton & Hove Albion before the 5pm deadline (via the Evening Standard), they had to wait until the Premier League side decided to release the forward before bringing him in on a free transfer (via BBC Sport).

By securing the services of the 32-year-old, Charlton will hope that he can use his previous experiences in the Championship to help them gain a foothold in this division.

During his time at Brighton and Queens Park Rangers, Hemed scored a combined total of 35 goals in the second-tier and thus will be extremely confident in his ability to make a real impact at this level for the Addicks.

Whilst the forward's arrival has gone down swimmingly with the majority of Charlton's fan-base, one man in particular may be feeling a tad disgruntled.

Signed for an undisclosed fee from Leyton Orient earlier this summer (via BBC Sport), Macauley Bonne would have been hoping to force his way into Lee Bowyer's plans for the 2019/20 campaign.

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Yet having already struggled to offer any worthwhile competition for Lyle Taylor in the opening weeks of the season, the Zimbabwe international now has a huge task on his hands to stay above Hemed in the pecking order at The Valley.

His Israeli team-mate has played 108 games in the Championship during his career, Bonne only made his debut at this level as a substitute in the Addicks' 2-2 draw against Barnsley last weekend.

Providing that Bowyer sticks with the 4-4-2 formation that he used at Oakwell, there will theoretically be two positions up for grabs for the club's forwards.

However, with Taylor proving to be somewhat of a talisman already this season for Charlton having fired in three goals in three appearances, he is unlikely to be dropped and thus the likes of Hemed, Bonne and Chuks Aneke will be forced to fight it out for the remaining slot.

If Bonne cannot prove his worth to Bowyer over the coming weeks, there is a chance that he may be cut off by the Addicks boss whose main priority will be to secure positive results in the Championship.

Although this is very much the worst case scenario for the forward, assuming that it does occur, he may end up regretting his decision to leave an Orient side who were very much on an upward spiral following last season's promotion from the Vanarama National League.