Nathan Jones has told South London Sport: Charlton Athletic Edition that the club’s move for free agent Jerome Roussillon is a “calculated gamble”. He would be allowed to play at today's game.
Roussillon, 32, has been a free agent since leaving Union Berlin in the summer. He has also played for VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga. Before that the Guadeloupe international, capped at U18 and U20 level by France, represented Sochaux and Montpellier.
Roussillon is closing in on 350 first-team matches and that includes 10 appearances in both the Champions League and Europa League.
He played for Guadeloupe in Gold Cup Group C matches against Panama and Jamaica in June.
Roussillon has been training with Charlton for a few weeks before signing. It was the same scenario with Hernandez. Both players are only on deals until the January transfer window.
“We had to have a look at him physically, in terms of things,” said Jones. “There are not many left-siders around in the free agent market, so you have to be very clever.
“He (Roussillon) is a left-back or more of an attacking full-back. He has got wonderful quality in the final third. So he will add that and he is very composed - he’s played several seasons in the Bundesliga.”
“He comes with a good pedigree. What we have to do is get him up to speed because pedigree-wise it is not a problem. He will provide good competition and he’s an excellent character.
“It’s a mini gamble but it’s a calculated one. It’s one we needed to take.”
Jones has praised head of recruitment Phil Chapple, appointed in May, for finding solutions to Charlton’s defensive deficiencies. “I’m not sure there are not many players on the planet that Phil doesn’t know about,” said the Welshman. Clearly he is no Chapple of Rest.
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