Fulham loan striker Chris Martin will stay at Fulham until summer - he cannot return to Derby - or go anywhere else for that matter
The Scotland striker, who had been linked with a move back to Derby County, will stay with Whites until June according to "copper-bottomed" sources for Get West London
Fulham have it in appropriate black and white his parent club will not be allowed to snatch him back in January.
Martin was a bystander as his two clubs drew 2-2 at the weekend , but is expected to resume his slot up top when Fulham visit Ipswich on Boxing Day.
Whites will take their time before deciding in May whether to go ahead with a £9 million permanent deal for the man who has hit six in the last 10 games before Staurday's enforced absence.
As a result, rumours surrounding a Fulham replacement move for Birmingham’s Lukas Jutkiewicz were always wide of the mark.
He was never a Whites target, although the Brum striker became the first permanent deal for ex-Chelsea hero Gianfranco Zola when Jutkiewicz signed from parent club Burnley today.