Winger Jerome Thomas has signed a one-year contract with Portsmouth, who have decided to make his loan move from Charlton permanent.
Pompey will pay Charlton an undisclosed fee if the 25-year-old, who joined last week and made his debut as a substitute in the 4-0 Premier League defeat at Chelsea, makes a specified number of appearances.
Chief executive Peter Storrie said: "Jerome could have been recalled by Charlton in January under the terms of his loan, but that's no longer a factor now."
Under Premier League rules, clubs are allowed only four loans per season - and Portsmouth already have striker Ben Sahar on a six-month stay from Chelsea.
The league have also confirmed no club is allowed to have more than two players from any one club on loan at the same time.
That rules out any immediate Pompey loan move for England winger Shaun Wright-Phillips, who is also at Chelsea.


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Eaststand (Coventry City fan)
"Surely Ben Sahar plus SWP equals two players from Chelsea, which as stated above, means that Pompey can have them both on loan as that is NOT more that two players from Chelsea, unless they have someone else on loan from Chelsea that i have forgotten. "
olivernward (Chelsea fan)
"whats with the hairline?"
JEROMING AROUND (Charlton Athletic fan)
"Absolute disgrace. Once again, we throw away our best players whilst most clubs would have actually negotiated a decent fee!!"
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