Shall we sing a song for you..

Charlton have secured the loan signing of Arsenal youngster Alexandre Song until the end of the season.

"Arsenal received interest from several top Premiership club in Alexandre and I'm delighted that he has chosen to play the rest of the season at The Valley.

"He's only just back from international duty so I'm looking forward to working with him on the training ground as soon as possible and we will now have a little more competition for places this weekend against Chelsea.”

The Addicks boss added: "I would like to make a special point of thanking both Arsenal Wenger and David Dein for their help and assistance.”

Song has featured in six games for the Gunners so far this term - two Premiership games, three Carling Cup outings and an appearance in the Champions League against Porto in September.

He started Arsenal's memorable 6-3 Carling Cup quarter-final victory at Liverpool earlier this month - a game that also saw him register his first goal for the club.

Arsenal signed Song - nephew of former Cameroon international Rigobert Song - initially on loan from French second tier outfit SC Bastia in July 2005, but Arsene Wenger made the deal permanent the following year.

Charlton Sign BOUGHERRA

Charlton announced today the singing of Algeria international defender Madjid Bougherra from Sheffield Wednesday in a £2.5million deal.

The Addicks had their bid for the 24-year-old centre-back accepted after an initial offer of £1.3million was turned down by the Coca-Cola Championship outfit.

Visit Bougherras website at : http://www.bougherra.com/

John Terry to return for Charlton v Chelsea

Mourinho hopes that Terry, out of action with back and calf problems since 13 December, will finally be back in action against the Addicks.

Mourinho said: 'He has a little chance to play against Blackburn but a big chance against Charlton.

'But to be fair, Ricardo Carvalho and Michael Essien have been playing together for a long time and playing very well.'

Terry admitted that the cup tie against Forest arrived just too soon for him as he bids to shake off the calf injury that has restricted his comeback.

Terry said: 'I don't think I'm quite ready yet but it won't be long

Matty Speaks Up.

Current Addicks skipper Matt Holland has hailed the impact made by Alan Pardew since his appointment as Charlton boss just before Christmas.

Just three points behind Wigan Athletic and an escape from the bottom three, with the burden of the club's winless away record having been put behind them, the Addicks' situation is presently looking as positive as it has done for some months.

And Holland believes a large part of that is down to the incoming gaffer.

"To be honest he's made a big impact,” said Matt, who has recently been donning the armband in the absence of the injured Luke Young and Darren Bent.

"He's a very positive person. He came in and set down a few rules and we've responded to it. We did particularly well in the first two home games and I thought we gave an excellent performance against Portsmouth.

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