Swansea City seal signing of goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux

Swansea City has signed goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux from Burnley for an undisclosed fee, subject to international clearance.

The 30-year-old stopper has signed a two-year deal with the Swans, with the option for an additional year through to 2027, and will wear the number 22 jersey.

Vigouroux links up again with Luke Williams, having previously worked under the Swansea head coach during their time at Swindon Town, and has joined up with his new teammates at their pre-season training camp in Austria.

He provides additional competition in the goalkeeping position alongside Andy Fisher and Nathan Broome.

"I worked with Lawrence when he was a young keeper, he has always been so brave with the ball," said Williams.

"For such a young goalkeeper to be prepared to start the build-up was incredible, now he is an experienced keeper and he has always been a great shot-stopper. He has continued to improve throughout his career, so I am excited to work with him again.

"He has played in all the other divisions and will be itching to get out there. This is the opportunity he has been craving, he has a chance to establish himself as a Championship number one and this is the place for him to do it."

Vigouroux started his career on the books at Brentford and Tottenham, and went on to join Liverpool after a successful trial with the Anfield club.

A loan move to Swindon saw him get regular gametime and he impressed over the course of the 2015-16 campaign, which started with him saving a penalty on his senior professional debut against Bradford City.

Injury curtailed his campaign but he had done enough to secure a permanent move to the Robins, spending three years with the Wiltshire club, making 130 appearances in total and winning their player of the year award in 2017.

Vigouroux, who has been selected for the Chilean senior national squad having been eligible through his parentage, then had a spell with Everton de Viña del Mar only for social unrest to see the country’s top-flight put on hold and he returned to British football with Leyton Orient. 

He enjoyed a superb spell with the Brisbane Road side, and helped them secure the League Two title in 2023 – playing alongside former Swan Darren Pratley. Vigouroux’s showings during that season saw him win the club’s player of the year prize – which he had previously won in 2021 and 2022 - the League Two Golden Glove award, and be named in the PFA and EFL teams of the year for the division.

A move to Burnley followed and he now links up with the Swans ahead of the 2024-25 campaign.