straight to your inbox Wales international Matt Smith is back at Manchester City after Charlton turned down an option to extend his loan until the end of the season.
The Blues defensive midfielder joined the Championship side in January but his stay was disrupted by injury, and then by the coronavirus lockdown.He made just two appearances, both off the subs’ bench, and his temporary contract expired at the end of June.City were happy for Smith to stay at Charlton for the rest of the re-started season, but the London club’s manager Lee Bowyer said that did not make financial sense.“If things had gone well and we’d have been able to get him on the pitch then maybe he would’ve played the last two,” said Bowyer.
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