Arsenal on Monday signed Iceland goalkeeper Runar Alex Runarsson from Dijon to act as back-up for first-choice Bernd Leno.
Runarsson joins the Premier League club for a reported 1 million pounds ($1.3 million) after agreeing to a four-year contract.
The 25-year-old replaces Emiliano Martinez after the Argentine keeper joined Aston Villa last week.
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Alex started his career with KR Reykjavik in his home country. He went on to join FC Nordsjaelland in Denmark, where he made 62 appearances during a three-year spell, before moving to Dijon.
According Arsenal Technical director Edu on their website: “We’re very pleased to welcome Alex to our squad. We have been monitoring him for some time and from the analysis, he has strong attributes that we look for in a goalkeeper and as a person.”
Mikel Arteta added: “We want to create healthy competition for places and we look forward to seeing Alex bring further depth to the goalkeeping position.”
Alex will be wearing the number 13 shirt.
