• Published: 20:12, 29 Sep 2025
• Updated: 20:31, 29 Sep 2025

Former Norwich player Onel Hernandez has joined high-flying Charlton on a short-term contract following his release from Carrow Road.

The 32-year-old winger has put pen to paper on deal until January at The Valley.

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Hernandez has linked up at Charlton on a free transferCredit: Getty

Despite the transfer window slamming shut at the start of the month, clubs are able to snap up free agents.

And Hernandez has ended his four-month absence away from football by joining Norwich's Championship rivals having rejected overseas offers.

The 14-cap Cuba international spent the last seven years at Carrow Road having joined in January 2018.

He was part of two Championship promotion-winning campaigns to help Norwich return to the Premier League in both 2019 and 2021.

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In total, Hernandez, who also enjoyed loan spells at Middlesbrough and Birmingham in the 2021/22 campaign, featured in 210 games for the Canaries in all competitions - scoring 15 times.

One of those strikes came in the top-flight - a consolation goal in a 3-1 home defeat to Manchester United.

His effort saw him become the only Cuban to...