Injury and transfer window update as Port Vale prepare for Charlton

An in-depth look at Port Vale on and off the pitch

Port Vale are at home to Charlton on Saturday. Picture by The Sentinel/Pete Stonier

Hello and welcome to our Thursday evening edition of The Valiant for January 4. We are looking ahead to Saturday’s game at home to Charlton but have plenty of other news, analysis and opinion, including from Andy Crosby’s press conference this afternoon.

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