Barnsley have signed USA international Gabriel Slonina on loan from Chelsea for the season.
The 20-year-old joined the Blues for ten million dollars from Chicago Fire in 2022 and spent last season on loan at Belgian top flight club Eupen.
He has one senior cap for his country.
Sporting director Mladen Sormaz said: “We are really pleased to bring in Gabriel, he is one of few very high level young goalkeepers in the world and already a senior international at 20, we feel this is a mutually beneficial move where Gabriel can test himself as a first team player at Oakwell in an extremely competitive league while we get the benefit of an elite level young player with experience beyond his age.
“We signed Jackson Smith as our long term number one earlier in the summer but we have also been on the lookout for a season long loan option with plenty of high level experience to allow Jackson time to grow into our number 1. James Bittner has a track record of working with young up and coming players and we are seeing this first hand with the progress Jackson is already making.”
