HARRY Lewis is the newest man through the door at Valley Parade, having yesterday put pen to paper on a two-year deal to join the club from Southampton.

So how about a bit of background on the man?

The Shrewsbury native began his career in the academy of his hometown club, before joining Saints' academy in 2015 at the age of 17.

Before then though, he was capped by his country, having made a substitute appearance for England's Under-18s in a 2-0 friendly defeat to Italy.

He struggled to find game time during his seven years at Southampton, with the likes of Fraser Forster and Alex McCarthy ahead of him in the pecking order, but he did make three FA Cup appearances for the club.

He made his debut in a 2-2 draw with Norwich in the third round, before keeping a clean sheet in a 1-0 replay win.

Arsenal proved too strong in the fourth round, hitting five past Lewis in a 5-0 victory on their way to winning that year's tournament.

A loan spell at Dundee United in the Scottish Championship gave him that first-team football he craved, as he kept 11 clean sheets for the 2017/18 season in 39 appearances.

He helped them all the way into the play-off semi-finals, before they bowed out to Livingston over two legs.

Lewis never did go back out on loan after that campaign, but has performed dutifully for Saints in Premier League 2 and EFL Trophy matches over the last four years, as well as appearing on the bench a handful of times in the top-flight and FA Cup.

His former boss at Saints, Mark Hughes, has already spoken about how excited he is to bring 24-year-old Lewis to Valley Parade, but what are the thoughts of current Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl?

Speaking to our fellow Newsquest title the Southern Daily Echo in December 2021, when a goalkeeping injury crisis almost led to Lewis playing, the Austrian said: "He is a fantastic guy. He is working very hard with our goalkeeper team.

"He is the guy who is our number three. It was a pity that we couldn’t give him more chances to play so far, but I think he made some good progress in his game.

"With the ball, definitely. The exercises we do with him definitely helps also and, sure, with his shot-stopping in the box he is a little bit behind the other two guys we have.

"But it is still a lot of potential that he can bring to shine and therefore he has to work hard.

"Maybe there is coming one time the chance. You see sometimes it goes very quick and then suddenly you have to play. I think he is ready for this."

Hughes likes him, Hasenhuttl likes him, and if he can produces some dependable performances next term, then Lewis will soon find the City supporters in his corner too.