Chelsea have offered former Sweden goalkeeper Magnus Hedman a contract until the end of the season.
“We’ve an agreement,” the 33-year-old Hedman told Swedish television channel TV4’s website.
With Petr Cech out for some time after fracturing his skull, Chelsea will use Hedman as a third choice keeper as cover for Carlo Cudicini and Henrique Hilario.
Previous third-choice Hilario has stood in for Cech and Cudicini, who was also knocked unconscious at Reading but returned for Chelsea’s League Cup win over Aston Villa.