Fulham have snapped up Dutch international goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg on a four-year deal from Roma.
The west London club were linked with the goalkeeper in January but failed to complete the deal before the transfer deadline window shut.
Stekelenburg previously worked with Fulham manager Martin Jol at Ajax and has 54 caps for Holland including playing in the run to the 2010 World Cup final.
The move puts Mark Schwarzer’s place at Craven Cottage in jeopardy after his contract came to an end at the end of the season.
Stekelenburg, said: ‘I am very happy to be joining Fulham, and to have everything sorted out so early in the summer, so I can really focus on preparations for playing in the Premier League next season.
‘It’s good that I’ll be joining Martin again, he knows my capabilities very well, so I am just looking forward to joining up with the team in pre-season and enjoying some time with them prior to the new season starting.’
Jol added: ‘Maarten Stekelenburg is a fine quality goal keeper who I know well from my time working with him at Ajax and of course as the Dutch international Goalkeeper I have always had an additional interest in his career. I am sure that he will do well here at Fulham in the Barclays Premier League.
‘He is a player of great quality and technical ability whose distribution and ability to react quickly and read the game is exceptional; he will be a fantastic addition to the talented team of ‘keepers that we already have.
I am delighted that he was so keen to come to join us and am very happy with the way that the summer is shaping up in terms of our signings, so on the whole I’m ever so pleased.’
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