Australian international goalkeeper Mark Birighitti signed for Premier League side Swansea on a free transfer on Monday to become the fourth senior stopper on the club’s books.

The 25-year-old — capped once — signed a two-year contract with the “Swans” after leaving A-League outfit Newcastle Jets.

He faces a battle with three others for the number one spot — Polish international Lukasz Fabianski, Kristoffer Nordfeldt and Gerhard Tremmel — having played under one of Swansea manager Francesco Guidolin’s assistant coaches, Gabriele Ambrosetti, in Italy.
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“I worked with Gabriele in Italy at Varese, where he was the club’s sporting director,” Birighitti told the Swansea website.

“He’s a fantastic person and I’m looking forward to working closely with him again,” added Birighitti, who spent six months at the Italian club.

“Before coming here I knew there would be strong competition at the club.

“But my plan is to take each training session as they come and try to be better than them. I have to make sure when the opportunity comes that I take the opportunity with both hands and don’t look back.”

Birighitti was named in the A-League’s team of the season last term