Crystal Palace co-chairman Steve Parish has confirmed that midfielder Jonny Williams is joining the Blues on loan, initially for a month.
Parish told the South London Press that Williams needs game time: "Jonny is only going for a month initially because he is very close to our first team. He just needs to get a bit more sharpness and play games.
"If you look at people like Wilfried Zaha and Tom Ince they have played 100 games in the Championship.
"Jonny has had a very stop-start last couple of years and just needs to get some games. He played very well for our U21s [in the 2-1 victory at Portman Road] on Monday. He just needs to go out and play week in and week out.
"He might help get them promoted. He just needs some games. We didn't want to let him go until the end of the season because we don't know what our situation is going to be."
Parish says Town were one of three Championship clubs to enquire about Williams, Charlton are understood to have been one of the others, and the interest predated Monday's game: "We had three clubs who wanted him. The manager has got a good relationship with Mick McCarthy.
"Ipswich were interested before the game, it was just a coincidence we were playing them. It's a good place for him to go and Jonny is really happy to go there."
Wales international Williams looks set to go into the squad for Saturday’s home game against Birmingham City.