Shopping Addicks

Alan Curbishley yesterday confirmed he will have a bumper summer transfer kitty approaching £16million – if his players deliver the goods in the last eight games of the season.

The Charlton boss plans a spending spree which he hopes will transform his side's status from plucky underdogs to a top six club.

The cash windfall unparalleled in the Addicks' history stems from Scott Parker's £10m transfer to Chelsea in January, a £800,000 sell-on clause from Jermain Defoe's switch from West Ham to Tottenham in the same month and Charlton's performance- related Premier League bonus.