By Kate Mcgreavy For Mailonline
Published: 11:10 BST, 18 June 2019 | Updated: 11:29 BST, 18 June 2019
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Charlton owner Roland Duchatelet has explained why there was a U-turn over Lee Bowyer's contract in the last 24 hours.
Bowyer signed a contract extension at the Championship club on Tuesday after his future was plunged into doubt when the controversial owner had announced he had failed to agree terms with the 42-year-old a day earlier.
And now Duchatelet has revealed the process behind trying to tie Bowyer, who guided Charlton to the second tier of English football via the League One play-offs last season, down to a new deal.
Charlton owner Roland Duchatelet has explained why there was U-turn over Lee Bowyer's deal
'The problem was his agent [Rob Segal] was proposing things which would have increased the liability of the club to such an extent that it would have been difficult to sell,' he said in an exclusive interview with talkSPORT on Tuesday.
'Well, increased the difficulty, because it's difficult already.
'So we found an agreement, which is in fact a very nice agreement for him, which is good, but it's also an agreement whereby we do not get into a big liability for the future, which is also very important for us and our ability to
