Leicester City have completed the signing of experienced goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer and are hoping to bring in several other targets.
The 42-year-old Australian has finalised his free transfer from Chelsea and has signed an 18-month contract.
City have moved for the former Middlesbrough and Fulham keeper after first-choice keeper Kasper Schmeichel was forced to undergo surgery on a broken metatarsal in his right foot and will remain side-lined for several weeks.
Ben Hamer has stepped in and performed well, but academy graduate Adam Smith was City's only keeping back-up.
"I feel really excited about the challenge," said Schwarzer. "When I first arrived I got a great buzz and feel about the club."
Schwarzer, who is part of an elite goalkeepers' club, alongside Petr Cech and David James, to have kept 150 Premier League clean sheets, is expected to the first of several new arrivals this January as manager Nigel Pearson looks to bolster his squad ahead of their Premier League survival push.
City remain in pole position to sign Croatia striker Andrej Kramaric, with reports the 23-year-old was in Leicester to seal his move from HNK Rijeka.
He was accompanied by HNK assistant sporting director Ivan Mance and is set to sign a three-and-a-half-year contract after City agreed a deal which could potentially be worth in excess of £9million.
City are likely to look to add even further attacking firepower during the window.
Japan international Shinji Okazaki is the latest striker to be linked with City, according to reports.
The 28-year-old is currently playing for Mainz in the German Bundesliga, with whom he has scored 23 times in 49 appearances since joining them in July 2013 from Stuttgart, and reports claim City have put in an offer for Okazaki.
As the Mercury has reported, City have also made moves for Jermain Defoe and are interested in Anderlecht's Aleksandar Mitrovic, although they were scuppered in their bid to lure Danny Ings away from Burnley.
Wigan's Shaun Maloney remains a target, while Tottenham defender Kyle Naughton has also been linked with City.
