Garry Monk added two goalkeepers to his squad this week, one of them a relatively new face in Josh Vickers and one more familiar one in Gerhard Tremmel who has spent the last four years at the club.

It looked as if those four years had come to an end last May when he was released from the club along with David Cornell but he is now back as a third goalkeeper alongside Lukasz Fabianski and Kristoffer Nordfeldt.

It's a bit of a strange turnaround for a keeper who was second choice for the four years he was in but now it looks like he is third choice at the club having failed to find other alternatives since his release from the club.

But Monk is happy to see back the man who has made more than 50 appearances over those four years including being an ever present in the Capital One cup winning run of 2013.

“In the summer, I wanted to bring in a fresh keeper to create that competition,” said Monk.

“I spoke to Gerhard, he’s been No.2 since he’s been here and highly dependable when he’s played.

“He’s contributed to the club, but I wanted to being someone in for the future of the club to try and push Fab.

“I wanted to give Gerhard the opportunity to see if there were opportunities out there for him to play.

“After weighing up all those options he’s decided to come back and I’m delighted to have him back.”

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