The Addicks left London on Friday’s 12.58 Eurostar departure from St Pancras, together with a smattering of fans.

The players will have a light training session on Saturday morning before the late evening kick-off match with Standard Liege.

Bob Peeters has taken a large squad but whether they will all be involved remains to be seen. Chris Solly and Rhoys Wiggins will be handled carefully and Joe Pigott may not be risked.

Liege will offer the sterner test than St Truiden, albeit the match is only a 45 minute affair. The new boss will need to think carefully about the utilisation of his squad.

St Truiden’s stadium looks impressive and visiting fans should enjoy the experience. Obviously it would be nice to win but the games will be more relaxed affairs for supporters. The cut and thrust of competitive league games will come soon enough.

The Huddersfield Daily Examiner is reporting that Charlton have beaten off a host of clubs in the race to secure the signature of Coventry midfielder, Franck Moussa.

As well as Huddersfield, Millwall, Barnsley, Nottingham Forest, Wolves and Birmingham were keen to sign the Brussels born player, who will be 25 later this month.

Moussa made his name at Southend and went to Coventry after an unsuccessful spell at Leicester, and a short stay at Forest, where he failed to make a first team appearance.

Moussa is believed to have turned down a move to St Andrews in favour of a switch to The Valley.

The Addicks will be keen to finalise the move quickly and have Moussa available for the weekend trip to Belgium.

The club will also hope to have signed one or two other new faces ahead of the Stayen Cup competition.