Charlton Athletic head coach Nathan Jones has appeared to once again rule out Harambee Stars midfielder Timothy Ouma from making his EFL Championship debut, labeling him as a ‘work in progress.’Download Our MozzartSport App For More NewsJones, speaking ahead of The Addicks’ match against West Ham at London Stadium on Saturday, 22 August (1700 EAT), noted that Ouma was still undercooked, pointing to the direction that he needed to get more training sessions to be in a position to play for the first team.##NAJAVA_MECA_9907070##“Ouma was fine the other day in the U21s,” the Welsh manager said of the on-loan signing from Czech side Slavia Prague, who played the first 45 minutes of Charlton’s U21 Professional Development League match against Bolton Wanderers on Tuesday, 18 August.“The intensity of a Championship fixture and an U21s fixture are vastly different, he has hardly trained, and had visa issues early on. That wait prolonged us from being able to bring him back over from Kenya, so he has missed a lot of pre-seasons, and we are building him up, it is a work in progress.”Clem Imbayi’s future hangs in balance as Fortune Sacco hold firmAs per close observers of Charlton’s aforementioned U21 game, Ouma is reported to have largely looked neat and tidy in possession, but for one misplaced pass in the attacking third that led to a Wanderers counter-attack.Based on Jones’ assessment it is evident that the 22-year-old Kenyan will have to make due with another place on the stands, this after being ruled out of Charlton’s season-opener against Derby County last weekend.Investigation underway after dead body found in stadium housing Kenyan duoOuma’s countrymate Collins Sichenje is, however, expected to be part of the travelling team, having played the last five minutes of the side’s 2-1 home win last weekend.Charlton's comeback in the first round, Sichenje did his part of the jobOn coming up against West Ham, Jones said: “It's a wonderful game to test ourselves against a Premier League club really. I know they came down, but everything about them is Premier League. ##NAJAVA_MECA_9907200##"The stadium, the crowd, the finances, they have managed to keep the majority of their players and add, so arguably they are as strong as they were last year," he added. "It’s a tough fixture, it’s great for the fans, it’s a short journey. We wanted to test ourselves, this is why we want to be in at least in the Championship, games like this, and the one on Wednesday [against Spurs] are what whet the appetite.”
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